tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1043280787366921271..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: SocratesOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-1447492554485434102012-02-01T05:03:03.753-05:002012-02-01T05:03:03.753-05:00Wow, Leighton, you are friends with all those lege...Wow, Leighton, you are friends with all those legends including Pele and the man you dedicated this article too. I'm in AWE! Even someone who is not that familiar with the game, I LOVE these guys and their game. <br /><br />Wonderful post! Have already shared on Google and will now spread the word - there is a lesson to learn in there. Thanks!Junying Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06949797617629620982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-45373774716616031882012-01-30T13:45:16.402-05:002012-01-30T13:45:16.402-05:00Nenad,
Might you be thinking of someone else?
Braz...Nenad,<br />Might you be thinking of someone else?<br />Brazil has certainly had it's share of "bad boys", but I have never heard of Socrates being accused of being one of them.<br />And very much to the contrary.Leighton Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788807904434180290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-76053288199973408692012-01-30T13:38:29.151-05:002012-01-30T13:38:29.151-05:00Ha!
After you called it to my attention, Jeff, I l...Ha!<br />After you called it to my attention, Jeff, I looked more closely. And then called Eide in to consult.<br />The shot, we now know, was taken during the World Cup in Mexico in 1986.<br />And we believe that what is written there is in Spanish, but there's not enough of it visible to be sure.<br />There's another shot from about the same time where his headband reads, in English, "people need justice".<br />The handbands were a necessity for him to keep his long hair out of his eyes, but they became as much of a part of his "persona" as the beard.<br />And it wasn't long before he started using the space to convey messages, mostly of a humanitarian nature.Leighton Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788807904434180290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-9465661434524959172012-01-30T13:03:41.402-05:002012-01-30T13:03:41.402-05:00Leighton, I've come around to appreciating soc...Leighton, I've come around to appreciating soccer a lot later in life than Dan, but nevertheless I have. I guess it comes from thirty years of summers and amid mad European fans.<br /><br />And yes, I watched the video.<br /><br />I do have one question though and it's about the headband Socrates is wearing in the photo at the top of your post. I know the name is misspelled by a letter, but is he demonstrating a fondness for me or Ms. Sigurdardottir?Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-61612150988776719792012-01-30T11:56:44.335-05:002012-01-30T11:56:44.335-05:00He was a bad boy of Brasil. Nevertheless he had gr...He was a bad boy of Brasil. Nevertheless he had great skills and feel for the game. A true legendNenadhttp://www.paradisotravel.com/v2/letovanje-2012/bugarskanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25190739106139728422012-01-30T10:58:38.105-05:002012-01-30T10:58:38.105-05:00How nice to watch those goals again!How nice to watch those goals again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-88134848548711885572012-01-30T04:36:02.219-05:002012-01-30T04:36:02.219-05:00Whoa..Leighton, not much impresses these days, but...Whoa..Leighton, not much impresses these days, but you knew Socrates? I think I need to lie down...<br /><br />I remember the 1982 World Cup as if it was yesterday. It's burned onto my 10 year-old mind. The spectacular and the epic tussle between Italy and Brazil is one of the greatest games ever played. That Brazilian team must have been one of the best never to win the cup. There were legends across the pitch, and at their heart, the elegant, aloof, imperious, bearded Colossus Socrates. Their defeat by Italy, with the disgraced Rossi being the hero, is all the evidence you need for the fact that karma and justice never play a part in sport. The bad guys usually win...<br /><br />I agree. Watch Socrates, Zico, Junior in action...and then go searching for Brazil's fourth goal in their trouncing of Italy in the 1970 final (what was that about karma?), Pele's lay-off, Carlos Alberto's finish...and tell me that football at its best doesn't approach great art.Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320741202757960766noreply@blogger.com