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Carlos Alberto Torres

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 So beautiful it is named the “Alberto Goal”
Not a move but a set piece of perfect poetry

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 We watched transfixed by the yellow sun
Whilst the players controlled their knights like
Chess masters

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Nine players rewrote the football map that day
As the blue tide was pushed back
History books record the names and numbers
But only the heart replays the miracle.

Notes

Carlos Alberto Torres recently received a Fifa award for the most beautiful goal to have been scored in World Cup history – his thunderbolt in Brazil’s 4-1 win over Italy in the 1970 World Cup final.

Nine Brazilians were involved in the move, with Rivelino, Jairzinho and Pele providing memorable cameos before the coup de grace – Alberto’s unstoppable shot.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/carlos-alberto-torres/