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forwards, Zelé moves into his position. Sandrinho

knows the move which they have practiced time

and time again and crosses the ball into the open

space for Zelé to run onto. What a brilliant pass.

Look at that, just look at the skill. Already Zelé had

despatched it in a close ‘one-two’ move as Big

Paulo Rodriguez moved into the attack with him.

Back to Zelè again, this time collecting it on his

chest and dropping it to his nimble feet. One

dribble, a second dribble, a goal is on its way Dear

Reader. The Italian defence lay open: Zelé can only

score... but no... a vicious tackle and he is unfairly

bundled to the ground.

“Penalty, penalty”, Maracanã screams.

Now only minutes from the end of the game and

young Zelé brought down unfairly in the penalty

area. The referee saw it; the line judge saw it:

Maracanã saw it: The World saw it on TV.

The hush comes over the stadium. Will Zelé keep

his nerve? Will Zelé score from the penalty spot?

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