BEAUTIFUL GOALS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL GAMECHRIS DUNLAVY remembers the Portuguese genius who set the 1966 World Cup alight

Eusebio in action for Benficawith the 1966 Golden BootPele and EusebioFROM an African kid kicking a sock filled with newspaper to one of the finest strikers the world has seen.The rise of Eusebio – who died last month aged 71 – is one of football’s oddest tales. Bizarrely, it all started when a Hungarian went for a haircut in Brazil and – by pure chance – ran into an old friend who had been on a business trip to Mozambique.The Hungaria...