Sunday, January 5, 2014

THE GREAT EUSEBIO DIES AT THE AGE OF 71.

The Great footballer from Portugal Eusebio has died at the age of 71 years. He was originally from Mozambique , which was a Portuguese colony once, he was called THE BLACK PEARL or THE BLACK PANTHER. He played for the Portuguese club Benfica for almost twenty years, he got these names as he scored 441 goals in 447 games, some goal scoring record.He helped Benfica to win the Champion League in the 1960s , and they did well in the other years he was there. He also helped Portugal to get the bronze medal in the 1966 world cup , coming after England, West Germany . He was gentle man of the field and was greatly loved by one and all.He ill be greatly missed.

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