Some players do 'ave 'em

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LUIS AND LUIZ

It’s been a magical 12 months of high achievement for the £50m-rated footballer David Luiz. Last summer, he embarked on a selfless quest to relieve Brazil of the pain of the Maracanazo, which had nagged away at the national consciousness since the 1950 World Cup. And after performing one simple contemporary dance routine in Belo Horizonte, 64 years of pain were washed away in 29 minutes, as approximately 202,000,000 Brazilians completely forgot about Moacir Barbosa, Alcides Ghiggia et al forever, and started to consider another subject altogether, and in some depth too. Job done! Then there was his goal for Paris Saint-Germain against Chelsea, which he celebrated quite wildly, and no wonder, as he had joined the highly select and illustrious band to have achieved this feat in recent times against the parsimonious Londoners, lining up alongside the likes of Jon Stead, Ahmed Elmohamady and Ben Mee. And then … well, that’s about it. But that’s some top-class success right there! Some real good achieving.

REWARDED FOR INEPTITUDE? WHERE DO WE SIGN?

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