Storyline: Carlos Alberto died this week. One of the best international football players of all time, Alberto was on the 1970 Brazil team that won The World Cup. His 4th goal in the championship game is evaluated as one of the greatest goals in the history of the sport.
He had the prided in wearing ‘at jersey,
Humble, deft, an enviable dextrosity,
Giving us, the aficionados of the Football,
An eternal yet surreal reminisces ‘at forever will last;
GOOOOOLLLL! Brazil 4, Italy 1 (1970). Photo, Twitter.
Alberto, kicked the ball back o’ th’ net
In every single touch, of feet,
Brazil’s most unprofane players on the pitch,
Left us all to the heavens, with an agonizing glitch.
As I put pen to paper, grief-stricken,
Sipping in a few pints in real, unwritten,
This sacrosanct, holding a loft,
The Jules Rimet Trophy, goin awa behind,
A void ne’er ever tae be filled.
Let us, the Football world, remain lionhearted,
Weep not thou, for our love for Football’s undaunted,
Shalt always be revered for his amour propre,
An irrefragable, yet apodictic cachet.
