Tuesday, October 11, 2011

276.

X was a sporting genius whose passions were football and alcohol. People who saw X play allege that he is even greater than Pele or Maradona. He is known for his dribbling skills. One month before the 1958 World Cup finals started, X scored one of his most famous goals, in Italy versus Fiorentina when he beat 4 defenders and the goalkeeper, and then when faced with an open goal, rather than scoring, he waited for another defender to get back and dribbled past him before scoring. X has also managed to score a goal direct from a penalty corner. When the referee said that was not allowed according to the rules of the game, he took the kick again and scored again, thus famously becoming one of the very few to score directly from a corner. When he saw his teammates celebrating after they won the 1958 World Cup, he was famously confused because he hadn’t understood the format of the tournament and thought they’d get to play all the teams twice...and so he became sad.

Identify X.