Romário (1966) Brazilian association football player
After missing a penalty kick, in 2005.
Source: esportes.terra.
“I often got a belt from my mother with a wet dish cloth for kicking a ball through a window.”
A disagreement with Oisín McConville over the best gifts to give loved ones at half-time during the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Quoted in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/tv-view-dublin-look-towards-seventh-heaven-as-mayo-s-hell-lingers-on-1.4441949 in December 2020
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