The Famous Footballer

The Famous Footballer There is a great sorrow over Portugal a dark cloud of tears, the great footballer Eusebio has died. All the great and mighty in the Portuguese society tell of their friendship with him, even the president came out of his shell and declared three days wake. When the great Nobel prize winner of literature Jose Saramago died his departure hardly registered in the papers...ok. So he wrote novels, big deal. Eusebio da Silva born in Mozambique son of a railway worker, was a friendly man, just the type of black man white people like to patronize. Sadly there is a political angle in this out pouring of grief, Mozambique is rich and Portuguese industry needs their minerals and oil. Spilling of tears can be advantageous