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bocatuna
01 Sep 2002, 01:15 PM
Originally posted by Cruickinator
I'm sorry I never heard of him by the sounds of it sounds like hes was good. Could someone post a link of where I could find more about him.The player I was thinking of is Ferenec Puskas who apparentley used to juggle the soap in the shower.
Try this: http://www.givemefootball.com/html/wc_11_garrincha.stm
condor11
02 Sep 2002, 01:10 AM
Originally posted by Belgian guy
Garrincha German???????? One of the greatest injustice in the football world is that a lot of people don't know who he is, but he had as much to do with Brazil winning it's first world cup in 1958 as did the young pele. Before both of them were added in the team during the tournament, Brazil's play had be under par, but with the addition of the two maestros they destroyed the rest of the opposition.
We all know what happened with pele after that, crowned 'king football', but garrincha died a lonely death in the early eighties if i remember well...
garrincha was the main man in 62
he carried brazil to victory
DMTwigg
02 Sep 2002, 01:37 AM
Bobby Charlton - Even as a ManU hater, I love this guy. The man has done it all. Euro champ, WC champ, and if I'm not mistaken, survived the plane crash of '58 and rebuilding era that followed. Played with and against the absolute best.
George Best - Magic. The greatest offensive player of all time and one of the greatest off-the pitch personalities. A shame he didn't have the supporting cast at the int'l level.
Graeme Souness - My favorite player as a kid. I wanted to be just like him. A balance of nails and skill, a world class captain.
There are so many more that I would love to sit down with - Stoichkov, Bobby Moore, Malcolm McDonald, Gazza, Puskas...