EPISODE 12 – "The Devourers"
Scene 1 – Allianz Parque – Sunny afternoon, stadium half-full
Narrator (solemn voice): – Palmeiras and Flamengo. Fourth round. A battle of ideas. Of leaders. Of geniuses. And of devourers.
Cut to Flamengo locker room. Camila adjusts the clipboard. Bruno Salgado gives instructions.
Bruno Salgado (calm, firm): – No showboating. No jokes. This is a big game. Palmeiras plays as a block. And their number 5, André Oliveira... he's not just the engine. He's the wall. Miguel will have to be twice the genius today.
Paulinho (stretching): – I brought a new card up my sleeve. A secret technique. Villain name. If it works, nobody stops me.
Kadu (skeptical): – Villain name?
Paulinho (dead serious but comical): – "Killing Joke."
Vitão (already laughing): – If it's funny, it's useless!
Matheus Blake (quiet, focused): – I didn't come to play today.
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Scene 2 – Lineups on the Field
Flamengo U-16:
Goalkeeper: Marcão
Center Backs: Tião, Gerson
Fullbacks: Caio Maré, Renatinho Flow
Defensive Midfielder: Nicolas Agustin (captain)
Midfielders: Miguel Nakamura (10), Matheus Blake (7)
Forwards: Paulinho (27), Vitão (40), Kadu (42)
Palmeiras U-16:
Goalkeeper: João Paulo
Center Backs: Brunão, Rafael Macaé
Fullbacks: Deyvid Show (left), Léo Muralha (right)
Defensive Midfielder: André Oliveira (captain, number 5)
Midfielders: Lucas Menezes, Iury Cabral
Forwards: Brenin, Pedrinho Turbo, Raul do Morro
Narrator: – André Oliveira. Captain. Defensive midfielder. And predator of the pitch. His instinct is simple: neutralize. Cancel. Dominate.
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Scene 3 – Kick-off
Just minutes in, Miguel tries to push forward through midfield. Receives from Blake. Controls. Looks ahead.
Narrator: – Nakamura prepares the first move...
André Oliveira (shouting): – Not here, number 10!
Impact. André times it perfectly. Clean tackle. Wins with his body. Quick touch pass. Starts the counterattack. Allianz erupts.
Miguel (to himself, in Japanese): – He leaves no space... Reads me like a book.
Camila (in the stands): – André devours. Like he already knows the script.
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Scene 4 – Bruno Salgado's Instructions
Bruno Salgado (shouting from the sideline): – Alternating runs! Blake drops deeper! Renatinho, cut inside and combine! It's about shaking the cage!
Renatinho Flow obeys. Gets the ball on the wing, feints to the byline, cuts inside. Miguel races through midfield. Renatinho slides a low, precise pass...
But...
Blake intercepts mid-run, cutting off Miguel.
Miguel (surprised): – Blake...?
Narrator: – Matheus Blake. The Prince. But today... he unleashes the other side.
Matheus Blake (eyes wide, vision expanding): – Active Mode: The Prince's Dark Side
360° camera shot – Blake spins with the ball. The world slows down. Full field vision. He pivots on his axis, steps, spins again, and bends an outside-foot pass with insane curve.
Jeffinho Bahia (on the bench): – Bro... that pass was straight sorcery.
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Scene 5 – Clash of the Captains
André intercepts yet another play. Nicolas Agustin closes in on him.
André Oliveira (staring him down): – You're the boss of this team, right?
Agustin (without blinking): – I'm the thinker. And thinking is more dangerous than running.
Physical duel. Agustin presses André shoulder to shoulder, waiting. Suddenly, with a backheel flick, he switches the play.
Narrator: – A clash of titans. A silent battle where every move carries an idea.
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Scene 6 – The Killing Joke
Paulinho receives near the edge of the box. Vitão calls for it. Kadu shouts. But Paulinho spins inside. Shoots with the instep... The ball deflects off the defender, loops, hits the crossbar, bounces off the keeper's shoulder, hits the post again... and goes in.
Paulinho (screaming): – IT'S THE KILLING JOKE!!! – I told y'all! New technique! Broke physics, man!
Narrator: – The ball didn't just go in. It slipped inside. Out of sheer embarrassment to exist.
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Scene 7 – End of the First Half
André Oliveira intercepts Miguel once more. Blake watches. Takes a deep breath. Stares at Miguel. Speaks low:
Blake: – If you won't fight back... then I'll devour you.
Miguel (closing his eyes): – Then come.
Blake drives forward, spins, calls the play, quick pass to Agustin, runs into space, gets it back. He wants to decide it. Miguel slides in cleanly. The ball escapes. Halftime whistle.
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Final Scene – Locker Room Halftime
Bruno Salgado (sweating, fired up): – It's a mind war! André's chewing up our number 10! Blake's on fire! Agustin's holding the midfield! But we need cold blood and a burning soul!
Camila (whispers to herself): – In the second half... one of them is gonna break.
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