Word: rivelino
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...hardly surprising that the legends of Brazilian football - Pele, Garrincha, Rivelino, Socrates, Zico all the way through to Ronaldo and Ronaldinho - are mostly strikers and attacking midfielders best remembered for their dazzling goals. German fans and international cognoscenti will certainly concur that their country's greatest ever footballer is Franz Beckenbauer, who patrolled in front of his defense in order to win the ball for his midfield. By contrast, the only Brazilian defenders who enter the pantheon of greats are those such as Junior and Roberto Carlos, remembered not for the goals they prevented but for those they scored...
...Kydes and I talk about the great soccer games that teams have played," Mena said, "and about the great individual moves. But mostly we talk about Rivelino, because that guy knows how to mother the ball, how to fondle and caress it and just do anything with...
This concern with the finer details of the game is where Rivelino comes...
...Maybe I'm possessive, but when I do something like Rivelino, just to dazzle the fullback before I make a move, it makes me feel real good...
...last night Mena read about Rivelino in the World Cup matches, and now he is ready to go out and dazzle a Penn fullback...