Brian Glanville - Most popular for December 2011
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Sócrates is dead. It's hard to see how anyone could be surprised. It's also hard not to think
that he died because he wanted to, since Sócrates always seems to have done what he wanted to. He
smoked incessantly because it gave him pleasure; he seems to have ingested vast amounts of alcohol
for the same reason.
by Adam Bate
*A version of this article appeared as an obituary in the February 2011 issue of Calcio
Italia magazine
Some people choose to remember the 1982 World Cup for the famous Brazil team of Zico, Socrates
and Falcao. Their silky skills and attacking football certainly captured the imagination.
