Despite living in the shadows of Pele, Garrincha and a host of other teammates, Gérson remains one of Brazil’s most intelligent footballers ever
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Pinned to the floor with the nearby bed serving as their canopy of preservation, a…
In 1958, the beginning of the decline of La Nuestra – the skill-based, extravagant and…
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THERE IS A WELL-TOLD TALE, one shrouded in layers of conspiracy and confusion, of the…