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RIP Eusebio

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  1. Albert's Chip Shop

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    http://news.sky.com/story/1190439/eusebio-portugal-football-legend-dies

    Former Portugal footballer Eusebio, often ranked as one of the best players ever, has died at the age of 71, local media reports.

    The forward was the top scorer in the 1966 World Cup as he guided his team to third place in the tournament.

    Nicknamed the Black Panther or the Black Pearl, Eusebio spent most of career with Benfica in Portugal after moving from the then Portuguese territory Laurenco Marquez, now Mapatu in Mozambique.

    He scored 733 goals in 745 competitive games over his career and in a poll conducted for Uefa's Golden Jubilee celebrations in 2004 he was voted as the 7th best European footballer to have played the game.
     
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  2. Dorty Dogbreath

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    A true legend, I remember struggling with the spelling and pronunciation of his name when I was a kid :laugh:
     
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    A great Player R.I.P <peacedove>
     
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  4. magicbus

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    Sad news about a great player of his time. Remember watching him in 1966 world cup cracking shot on him. RIP
     
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  5. Rafa's Championship Party

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    Sad day for football, great player who I'm sure was great to see live. RIP
     
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  6. Agent Bruce

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    A truly great player with an abundance of skill and a lethal shot on him. RIP.
     
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  7. Frank_Pingel_Legend

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    My favourite player when I was a young lad. Very sad indeed.
     
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    Frank_Pingel_Legend, Jan 5, 2014
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    Bit before my time but often watched old footage of him playing. A real class act.
     
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  9. Heed

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    RIP.

    Did he ever play against us?
     
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  10. Rafa's Championship Party

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    Doubt it, though he did play against Manchester United in the 1968 European Cup Final.
     
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  11. Agent Bruce

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    He played against England, but not Newcastle.

    Eusebio had always been especially popular in England for an endearing combination of the natural talent that brought 733 goals in 745 games and the sportsmanship summed up with his instinctive congratulation to United&#8217;s goalkeeper Alex Stepney for saving the shot with which Eusebio should have won the 1968 European Cup final.

    "At the time I didn't really realise, because it was the heat of the moment, but that was the kind of man he was," Stepney said on Sunday. More often than not those explosive shots tended to finish in the net, usually after a thrilling, surging run past defenders not fussy in those days about how they stopped opponents.
     
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  12. Merino's Ballerina Feet

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    RIP to one of the top 3 footballers to have ever lived.
     
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  13. Agent Bruce

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    There's bound to be some video clips of him somewhere, it might be a good idea to hunt one or two out for those that haven't seen any of him before.
     
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