Fernando Cosas Dutra (フェルナンド・コーサス・ドゥトラ), better known as Rivaul (リバウール, ribaūru), is FC Barcelona's ace, captain of Olympic Brazil and a member of Brazil. He is said to be "the best player in the world".
Biography[]
Rivaul is a clean player, always fights passionately but without resorting to rough plays during matches. In his career, Rivaul had only took one yellow card. That was during a match against Real Madrid. In that match, Rivaul wasn't in a good condition, therefore he was completely marked by Real Madrid's captain Blueno. When they were fighting for the ball, Blueno took an elbow hit from Rivaul. Rivaul took a yellow card, and Blueno's eyes weren't able to focus clearly anymore.
When Tsubasa first met him, Tsubasa challenged him to a one on one. During the one on one, Tsubasa also took an elbow hit and fell unconscious. That left him in the medical office with the doctor for a few hours. When Tsubasa regained his consciousness, he said that his eyes hadn't lost their focus, and he would steal Rivaul's tenacity to succeed and obtain victory. Later, during Barca's training, Rivaul showed superior skills than Tsubasa. In the game against Valencia and Santana, Rivaul got injured. Later in La Liga, he was replaced by Tsubasa. When he returned, he and Tsubasa formed the Barcelona Golden Combi.
In Rising Sun chapter 126, it is said that Rivaul won everything with Brazil except Olympic: the World Youth, the Copa America and the World Cup.
Rising Sun[]
As part of Olympic Brazil, Rivaul worked closely with both Santana and Natureza as the team's forward trio. This formation worked successfully as Rivaul would continuously make assists for the other members, leading to decisive wins against Senegal and China. For their final group stage match, the team would face Germany, but as their place in the quarterfinals was guaranteed, Brazil would hold back all three members of the trio for the first half. When Karl Heinz Schneider immediately scores three points and completes a hat trick, both Natureza and Santana enter in the second half. Once Pepe scores Brazil's first point in the game, Rivaul would enter the game as well.
Hermann Kaltz would try to mark Rivaul, but Rivaul is able to brush him aside by kicking the ball towards his stomach, causing Kaltz to crash down. Despite the play being borderline foul, Rivaul continues attacking, eventually kicking the far to the side of Deuter Muller, allowing Natureza to score from behind Muller. Following this up, Rivaul then manages to set-up for Santana and Natureza's Full Metal Phantom by feinting a pass that would bounce above Kaltz and Schweil Teigerbran, giving Santana and Natureza Brazil's tying point.
The Germans would rally back to the Brazilian attack for the deciding point as Kaltz would successfully steal the ball from Santana, and kicked the ball towards Rivaul's abdomen. Rivaul, however, used this as an opportunity to push his abs forward, sending the ball back towards Santana and Natureza. When the pair are surrounded by the Germans, anticipating a Twin Shot, the pair make a back pass to Rivaul, who shoots towards Muller's now-injured left. Muller would respond with a diving catch using his right hand before dribbling the ball to the midfield and passing it to Karl Heinz Schneider's Fire Shot, successfully breaking the tie 4-3 for Germany.
Germany would shift its tactics immediately with this advantage by subbing in the Schmidt brothers to further mark Natureza and Santana for the remainder of the game. This change would force Rivaul to take the lead instead, and he would charge through the Schmidt brothers with Teigerbran chasing closely behind them. Using this moment of confusion on their markers, both Santana and Natureza would try to go for a second Full Metal Phantom, but this attack would be blocked by Kaltz. Rivaul would try to regain control of the ball, but it is cleared by Teigerbran through the sideline.
With Rivaul, Santana, and Natureza failing to make ground, both Pepe and Luciano Leo would step up to make a Twin Shot to try and score, but Muller is able to catch the ball, and makes another pass to Schneider. Similar to Kaltz, Radunga steps in front of the shot, suffering a cut in the forehead but stopping Schneider's shoot. After getting up, Radunga accuses Rivaul of throwing the game to face Japan in the quarterfinals, but Rivaul changes his tone, assuring everyone that he had no intentions of losing. With the game now hitting loss time, Rivaul would again target Muller's left side though his shots would still be repelled. With little time remaining, Brazil would push all its defenders forward to make a final goal.
Rivaul would make a final pass to Natureza thanks to Santana clearing Natureza's markers. Although Natureza tricked Muller into coming forward before shooting a ball above him that would bounce into the German goal, Kaltz is able to stop it from crossing the goal line, clearing Brazil's desperate attack. With only one chance left, Roberto Carlos would use his corner kick to try and score a goal instead. This surprise causes Muller to jump high to stop deflect the ball, but leaves him crashing into the net and open. Rivaul would step up in this opportunity to attack, and he is able to knock down Schneider in an aerial clash before attempting another shoot. As he is making his shot, Rivaul's jersey is grabbed by Aldovich from behind, resulting in the referee giving the Brazilians a PK.
Rivaul would be given the PK, and he would tie the game a second time by baiting Muller left before shooting to the right. Even with a few seconds left, Schneider and Rivaul would bring their team back to the center with the intention of breaking the tie once more. With little choice, Schneider would attempt to shoot from the center, but Rivaul responds with the Quick-Firing Gun with a Reactive Kick. This time, with the distance, and Rivaul underestimating the speed of Schneider's shoot, Muller effortlessly catches the ball to close the game 4-4. Rivaul would acknowledge that while he failed to shoot, Schneider's attack would've otherwise likely scored, and this was still an accomplishment nonetheless. Schneider would politely reject Rivaul's offer of a handshake, promising to return the gesture when they meet in the Olympic finals.
Following their top seed from the groups, Brazil would go on to face Argentina. Though Juan Diaz earned himself a hat trick, Rivaul made sure that Santana and Natureza repaid the favor in kind. Assisting in both their hat tricks, Rivaul and Brazil would advance to the semi-finals against France with a 6-3 victory against Argentina.
Etymology[]
Rivaul is based on real life player Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira. His name is also a pun on Rivaldo and Raul, that were the two most successful players of La Liga at the time of Road to 2002.
Techniques[]
- Main article: Rivaul/Techniques
Gallery[]
- Main article: Rivaul/Gallery
Notes[]
- ↑ Exclusively in 2001 anime, and in its homonym episode, "Catalonia's Eagle".
External links[]
- Rivaul at Shinji's Captain Tsubasa fansite
- Rivaul at Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team database
- Rivaul at Wiki Captain Tsubasa Tatakae Dream Team FR (French)
- Rivaul at Captain Tsubasa Stats