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Soccer/Football

Rambis

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3. Pele was brutalized

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 8, 2012, 12:27 PM

Mar 2012

Everyone was out to break his legs on every tackle and if they couldn't manage that they kicked him over and over. No modern footballer has been kicked like that and never will be which makes his achievements even more stunning.

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There is none better. [View all] MrCoffee Mar 2012 OP

Saw the game last night T_i_B Mar 2012 #1

Pele was brutalized Rambis Mar 2012 #3

Impossible to argue this point Ron Obvious Mar 2012 #2

I confess I love Barça! many a good man Mar 2012 #4