Oh, and she was selected to carry the U. They're like, 'Get the picture, get the picture! He has come a long way from the crime-ridden shanty town near Buenos Aires where he lived with his six brothers in a doorless shack with a tin roof. The epitome of an unsung hero, it's easy to see this gifted Swiss-born Croat as being some glorified water carrier in a Barcelona side gleaming with stars such as Messi, Suarez, Neymar and Iniesta.
Rakitic might be in shadows in the Barca firmament, but when he went to Japan with the team for the Club World Cup the locals went mad for him, noticing an uncanny similarity between him and wild-haired manga hero Goku. I want to give what I can give. I want to be Ivan Rakitic. Not Xavi or Iniesta. They have other qualities. I want to give what I can do.
Paul is one of the most instinctive point guards in NBA history, a fierce competitor who might rank much higher on this list if a proposed trade to the Lakers hadn't been quashed by then-commissioner David Stern in Instead, he went to the laughingstock Clippers, a team that reached the playoffs just four times in their first 33 seasons in California. With Paul running the offense, the Clips have earned six consecutive postseason berths. And when you have as much firepower as we have, a turnover takes away that opportunity. Brees will be forever beloved in New Orleans for delivering the Saints an emotional Super Bowl championship four years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
He also will go down as one of the most prolific quarterbacks in NFL history, currently ranked third in career passing yards and touchdowns. Indeed, Brees has come a long way since being benched in favor of year-old Doug Flutie back in Brees and wife Brittany have been active in charitable endeavors, including rebuilding efforts after Katrina and assistance for cancer patients.
They've given us so much support, so we owe it all to our fans. The world's 13 biggest soccer transfers have involved creative attackers. He often has looked like an accident waiting to happen, and sometimes it really does. Yet now Luiz seems to have grown into the stoic, dependable stalwart behind the Blues' march toward another Premier League title. When Luiz tearfully apologized to "all the Brazilian people" for a humiliation against Germany in the World Cup semifinal, the nation was touched.
One young fan wrote to him: Life is like this, sometimes people lose and sometimes people win but people only need to be happy. David Luiz, you are my champion.
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Nobody's relaxed when he is around because he either jumps on you or surprises you. Few have the vision and skill to pick a pass quite like the intelligent Spanish midfielder who has won everything in the game except a Champions League winner's medal -- and that could arrive next season if he continues to play a key part in Chelsea's flowering. You don't earn 13 trophies without being a serial winner. In , he was perhaps the first footballer to be given his own one-hour TV special.
Not bad for a year-old. His velocity is in his mind. The Seattle Seahawks became perennial contenders upon Wilson's arrival as an underrated third-round draft pick in After he led the Seahawks to their first Super Bowl victory in his second pro season, he became the NFL's most popular player in terms of licensed products sold. Wilson has a deal to be "chief football officer" for Alaska Airlines, which has offered priority boarding for flights out of Seattle during football season for passengers wearing the quarterback's No.
If I don't focus on football, those other things won't come my way. I think you earn respect and earn what you're worth by the way you present yourself, by the way that you play, by the way that you work. Rodgers is the face of the franchise for one of the NFL's most storied teams and an omnipresent pitch man whose championship-belt touchdown celebration has been immortalized in a series of insurance commercials.
He famously dated actress Olivia Munn for three years before their recent split. Rodgers showed off his knowledge with a victorious appearance on "Celebrity Jeopardy" in I think I have a number of years left in me [where] I can play at a high level. In the storied Brazilian tradition of Carlos Alberto and Cafu, Alves is the greatest right-back of his generation. He has more assists for Leo Messi than anyone else in Barcelona history. A incident in which a Villarreal fan threw a banana on the field as Alves was taking a corner kicked caused an international anti-racism social media campaign after Alves picked the fruit up and took a bite.
Fellow athletes and at least one head of state posted pictures of themselves, in unity with Alves, eating bananas. Has no one stopped to think that fame is s? He had long been one of the world's most popular golfers, but his failure to win a major championship despite 22 top finishes helped define his career. That narrative ended this spring when Garcia, a five-time Ryder Cup champion who once ranked as high as No. Months after turning pro in , Garcia announced his presence to the golf world in a memorable duel against Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship.
Just 19 at the time, Garcia would finish second, one stroke behind the year-old Woods, for the first if his four runner-up performances in majors. Perhaps the only adequate way to describe the miracle of Pacquiao's career is to ask you to imagine an eighth grader traveling around the world and knocking out the toughest high school seniors he can find. Winning world titles in a record eight weight classes ranging from flyweight pounds to super welterweight pounds is one of the major achievements in the history of sports -- in fact, it's one of the major achievements of the human body.
When you're as famous as Pacquiao, people let you do things for which you have no obvious previous competence, like coach and start at point guard for a professional basketball team or get elected to the Philippine senate. We'd have peace in the Middle East and global warming would cool off. Manning is part of the first family of NFL quarterbacking, the aww-shucks son of Archie and little brother to Peyton.
He's capable of leading an unlikely comeback or making a game-changing mistake. But no matter how many interceptions Eli throws -- he has led the league in picks three times -- he will always have those two glorious Super Bowl victories over the Patriots, justifying the Giants' trade to acquire him on draft day in Eli isn't quite as prolific in the endorsement world as Peyton is anyone? This is about a team coming together.
Lillard wears uniform No. In reality, the zero represents the letter O, a nod to his hometown of Oakland, his college town of Ogden, Utah, home of Weber State and his pro state of Oregon.
Since then, he has established himself as one of the most consistent scorers in the league. Like many athletes before him, Lillard has ventured into the music world. Unlike with most of those before him, his work has actually received positive reviews. His debut album, released last year under his Dame D. That goes for more than just scoring the ball. That means how focused I am, how accountable I'm holding myself. Fowler hasn't won a major yet, though he has come close, finishing second at the U. Open and British Open in At age 21 in , he became the youngest American to compete in the Ryder Cup.
And unlike many male golfers who declined to play, Fowler proudly represented his country at the Olympics. And regardless of his results, he has gained attention with his brightly colored fashion style on the course, sometimes wearing all orange or all blue. I want to be known for how I play, how I treat people and how I am as a role model.
I don't just want to be, 'He dresses cool' or 'He dresses crazy. Griffin soared to fame as a founding member of the Lob City dunking fraternity, with Clippers point guard Chris Paul throwing passes aloft and Griffin and teammate DeAndre Jordan slamming them home. He also tasted infamy for punching a team equipment manager in , breaking his hand and earning a suspension in the process. He's shot an efficient He's so skilled and smart, and he's the perfect player.
Beckham is as exciting as any player in the NFL, a shape-shifting receiver who vaulted himself to stardom in the blink of an eye with an inexplicable, one-handed catch as a rookie in He set the bar high in that Sunday night game against the Cowboys, reeling in a yard touchdown catch behind his head with one hand while fully extended, leaning backward and tip-toeing along the sideline. Beckham and three Giants teammates made headlines by partying in Miami with Justin Bieber and Trey Songz following the team's regular-season finale.
The players were scrutinized for the trip heading into a week of postseason preparation, and, sure enough, the Giants suffered playoff loss days later. How come no one's talking about me? Howard will indelibly be remembered for winning the slam dunk contest at All-Star weekend in while wearing a blue Superman jersey and a red cape -- and in his case the costume was appropriate.
Although his greatest heroics might be behind him -- he led the Orlando Magic to the NBA Finals in his fifth season -- Howard ranks among the top big men of his era, a broad-shouldered, shot-blocking, rebounding machine. After Howard departed the Lakers for the Rockets as a free agent in , former teammate Kobe Bryant created headlines by unfollowing him on Twitter. The fact that such a pedestrian event created such a stir indicates the level of celebrity of the players involved. I look forward to pouring my heart out every night for this city, my teammates and the fans.
Zetao might be as famous for his good looks as his swimming achievements, becoming a social media sensation more than 8 million followers on China's Weibo website in the world's most populous country and beyond. His biggest splash in the pool came in , when he became China's first male swimmer to win a FINA World Championships sprint event, taking the gold in the meters. Although he failed to reach the finals in his two individual events at the Rio Games, the 50 and freestyle, he garnered fawning internet headlines, such as "People Can't Stop Talking About This Hot Olympic Swimmer.
However, some of his endorsements were for competitors of the national team's sponsors, a no-no that led to him being kicked off the squad. I have had dreams about gold medals, but when I touched the wall I didn't realize I had it. The American swimmer has won 12 medals in four Olympics, including six golds, but he was often overshadowed by the great Michael Phelps in the pool. Lochte's fame -- or infamy, perhaps -- skyrocketed during the Rio Olympics, when he claimed to have been robbed at a gas station. But it turned out he wasn't exactly an innocent victim and he admittedly had "overexaggerated" the incident, which dominated headlines for much of the games.
It led to a month suspension and cost Lochte several endorsement deals, but it also made him a household name. He was asked to compete on "Dancing with the Stars" shortly after the Rio Olympics, and more controversy ensued when two men wearing anti-Lochte T-shirts tried to attack him during his debut on the show. He wound up lasting until Week 8 of the season before he was eliminated. Will you still hate Lochte by the end of this story? Germany fans will never forget the sight of "Schweini," blood running down his face, refusing to give up in the World Cup final victory against Argentina.
That determination -- might we even say pigheadedness -- defined his illustrious career with Bayern Munich and later Manchester United. Schweini is supposedly soccer-loving German chancellor Angela Merkel's favorite player, and German newspaper Die Zeit ran a series of fictional love letters between the two, one of which read. You could always count on him. Junior is a racing legend, a status built from his first full Cup season in , when he won twice. Equal parts performance, pedigree -- Dale Sr. In December, fans voted Junior as NASCAR's most-popular driver for an incredible 14th straight year even though he was shelved for much of the season because of concussion symptoms.
Chicharito -- "little pea" -- as he's known, has played for some of the world's most popular teams -- Chivas, Manchester United and Real Madrid -- and is now wowing the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen.
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Mexico was proud of him when he became the trailblazer who went to United; it turned on him when he spurned the Olympic team; and now it has fallen in love all over again with the man who in March equaled the national team record with his 46th international goal. It's in the blood. Will there be a fourth-generation pea? No wonder Mexico has such an interest in Chicharito's love life.
We don't believe the government, the institutions, the political parties. But through months and months of this crisis, Chicharito has brought us good news in front of the whole world. And after not qualifying individually for the London Games, Ma completed a career grand slam with a gold in Rio. Nothing wrong with a stiff drink after a long day.
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When he was a kid, Kroos was so good a high school PE teacher made him play barefoot to give the other boys a chance. Now the linchpin of Real Madrid's midfield, Kroos was a role model for Manchester United legend Paul Scholes, who said, "When I neared the end of my career, I followed him closely and tried to play like Kroos. There's no better bargaining chip than being the best. When Bayern Munich refused to raise Kroos' salary in to match those of more established stars like Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm, he simply shrugged his shoulders and left.
For Real Madrid -- "a cut above Bayern," per Kroos' description. He's doing everything right. The pace in his passes is great, and he sees everything. Rose, an Englishman born in South Africa, was the U. Open champion in and the gold medalist for golf's return to the Olympics in Rio last year. He just missed out on a second major when he lost a playoff with Sergio Garcia at the Masters. At the urging of Phil Mickelson and Jim "Bones" Mackay, Mickelson's caddie, Rose wore his Olympic medal while putting out on the final hole at The Barclays tournament last August, drawing cheers from the crowd.
Watt is one of the most feared players in the NFL, a sack-happy defensive end whose size, strength and quickness create matchup problems for even the most adept offenses. He's also practically able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. The Houston Texans stalwart started 83 consecutive games to begin his career and was seemingly indestructible until a back injury cut his season short in In addition to demolishing quarterbacks, Watt has been known to crush objects with a bat while taking batting practice with the Astros and during his annual charity softball game and home run derby.
Hope Solo might be the most dominant goalkeeper women's soccer has ever seen, but that's not what she's most famous for. That's a tossup between domestic assault charges, many controversial comments and multiple suspensions from U. A polarizing figure who never has shied away from attention, Solo inspires love and hate in extremes. Her teammates have come to her defense: Abby Wambach told ESPN in that Solo "was turned into the villain" because, perhaps, "a villain was what the team needed. I can never just be 'Hope Solo, the longtime goalkeeper for the national team.
The most talented, skillful, imperious central defender of his era -- and with all due respect to the likes of Ramos, Pique and Bonuccci, it's not even close. When Qatar Sports Investments bought Paris Saint-Germain in , the new ownership group made Silva one of its first targets in its bid for European prominence. There simply is no other defender in the world who is that valuable.
You haven't really accomplished a thing until rappers start naming songs after you, an accolade Silva earned in with the Dave and AJ Tracey track "Thiago Silva. Is he the real deal or just another overhyped English soccer hope who's a triumph of 21st-century excess over real substance? Actually, it's easy to feel a little sympathy for the Jamaican-born lad who already has felt the unfairness of being the scapegoat when England fails. Instead, we should celebrate that, on his day, Sterling is solid gold.
Hs critics sometimes forget how hard Sterling has had to battle to arrive where he has. At 19 years of age you don't see anyone better. If Messi and Ronaldo are the best in the world -- in whatever order -- is it perhaps time to put Hazard, the breathtakingly quicksilver, slaloming Chelsea star, in the argument for the third man? After his inexplicably flat season following his coronation as PFA Player of the Year, he has soared to fresh heights again, making redundant all the old jokes about the difficulty of naming a famous Belgian.
At this rate, even Eddy Merckx had better watch out, especially if Real Madrid end up breaking the world transfer record to take Eden to their Bernabeu paradise. The weirdest honor to Hazard is to be found outside the stadium in the little Belgian town of Tubize, where he spent his formative footballing years. It's actually a statue of the former French great Michel Platini which has been repainted by a local artist to look like their favorite son. Er, and it doesn't.
Sometimes, fame strikes early and the achievements never quite catch up. When he became the youngest England soccer international at 17 years, 74 days, Walcott had the world at his mercurial feet. Though the Arsenal winger has enjoyed a determined and worthy -- if injury-scarred -- career, still the feeling nags away that he has underachieved, or at least only intermittently achieved, for club and country. He scored his th goal for the Gunners this year and has had an impressive campaign, suggesting that he's still diligently trying to improve at age We're still waiting, Theo.
They named a pie after him -- a yummy spicy jerk chicken and porter ale pastry -- at Arsenal's favorite local pie emporium to inspire him before the FA Cup final. When you score your country's first World Cup goal ever, as Drogba did for Ivory Coast in , you won't soon be forgotten. Known for his strength, ball control, and free kick prowess, Drogba is the all-time leading scorer for Ivory Coast 65 goals and ranks fourth on Chelsea's career list He also received ownership equity in the team and plans to move into the front office when he's done playing. They called me and asked me to be the face of the franchise.
That was amazing to me. Next chapter in Drogba's adventure. And so he did, scoring the extra-time goal that crushed Messi and Argentina's dreams of World Cup glory. On top of that, the year-old attacker already has five Bundesliga titles and three German Cup medals to his name.
Need we say more? He can play any position up front. I know he's always able to decide a match. When you can come off the bench and achieve the frankly unreal feat of scoring five goals in nine minutes as Lewandowski did for Bayern Munich in a Bundesliga match against Wolfsburg, you know you're talking of somebody who's just a bit special. Built for the 21st century with his lethal technique and supreme athleticism that has been honed by his karate champion wife, Anna, "Lewangoalski" might just be the most complete center forward in the business. Lewandowski and his wife are Poland's answer to the Beckhams, a source of endless fascination, myth and mystery.
In , it was reported he hired a helicopter to fly to a distant bakery so Anna could buy her favorite brioche. We have to be critical of that and remind him of the chances he missed. It's a testament to how magnificent Reus can be that despite his seemingly unending series of injuries, he's still coveted by Europe's top clubs.
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Borussia Dortmund fans love the face of the "FIFA 17" video game for his pace, technique and, above all, loyalty. During a routine stop in , police discovered that Reus never had a valid driver's license. I've never seen anything like it. Take the racial barrier he's broken, his decade of dominance, his swashbuckling dare-it-all style on the track, his effortless panache, and you've got Formula One's only legitimate crossover driver.
He Instagrams with the best of them, lets Beiber hang in his pit, mugs on the cover of Time magazine and shows up in The New York Times style section. The three-time season champion owns F1 victories on a record 24 different courses after he finally notched his first victory in Brazil last year in his 10th start at Interlagos. That leaves Baku, Azerbaijan, which was added to the calendar last year, as the only active circuit Hamilton hasn't conquered.
Day has been a fixture in the top 10 since , finishing the season as the world's top-ranked player. He won the PGA Championship, shooting a major-record under. He is a four-time runner-up at other majors. And he's done all that despite having to fight off bouts of vertigo during his career. An Australian native now living in Ohio, Day also received some attention when LeBron James accidentally collided with his wife during a Cavaliers game. That's pretty impressive, considering he grew up in poverty in Queensland. He has told reporters he found his first golf club in a garbage heap and that his family had to heat water in a kettle for showers because there was no working hot water tank.
A seven-time NASCAR Cup champion and the first to win five in a row, Johnson has more than 80 career wins and has finished in the top 10 in 60 percent of his starts. Off the track, he launched the Jimmie Johnson Foundation more than a decade ago, helping families in need. Johnson appeared as himself, along with Jeff Gordon, in the movie "Herbie: I never wanted to be famous.
I never wanted to be a champion. I just wanted to race. Wozniacki is the only tennis player from Denmark, woman or man, to be ranked No. But she hasn't broken through in a Grand Slam, despite eight trips to the quarterfinals or beyond, including losses in the and US Open finals. And she is best friends with her biggest competitor, Serena Williams. In , Wozniacki announced on Twitter that she and Rory McIlroy were engaged, but the pro golfer later broke off the relationship after wedding invitations had been mailed.
When it comes to Chinese athletes, this badminton star is revolutionary. In a country where most athletes are government employees expected to toe the line, Lin is a bad-boy sex symbol whose notoriety only adds to his celebrity. Known as "Super Dan," he's a two-time Olympic gold medalist and is still ranked in the top 10 in the world.
Many expected him to retire after the Rio Olympics, but now age 33, he's reignited a popular longtime rivalry -- and bromance -- with veteran Malaysian pro Lee Chong Wei. Lin is one half of badminton's golden couple, married to former world No. He launched his own brand of men's underwear in , with himself as the model. They are good role models we young players should learn from. Why Lin is the bad boy of badminton. Inside the ring, the man called Canelo is a proponent of suffocating and sophisticated aggression just watch the jab feint and overhand right that finished Amir Khan last May.
Outside the ring, he's been blessed with a superhero's jawline and a devoted fan base that's been following his exploits since he debuted as year-old in Mexico. He goes to the body good, he got a good jab, he's a good counterpuncher, he's not for nothing After beating a rare form of lung cancer, Singh has given fans someone to look up to when things gets tough. And boy has he remade his life, as a successful cricketer, businessman, philanthropist and new husband to actress Hazel Keech.
He also has launched the YouWeCan foundation to fight cancer. Even before Singh started his sportswear brand YWC in the fall of , we knew he had style. But his new line provided a deep dive into his fashion sense, and it was amazing. YWC's blue hoodies for men and crop tops for women are particularly popular. No, why should I? When my form came back, or when I picked up wickets, or when I got the big scores, or when I got player of the match, or hit six sixes, had I ever asked God, 'Why me?
So when the illness came, I had no right to ask, 'Why me? Singh is playing the game of his life. He's only the third player to score five goals in a World Cup tournament twice, and at 27 he has one eye on former Germany teammate Miroslav Klose's all-time World Cup record of 16 goals.
He and his wife, Lisa, spend much of their free time at the stables, where she rides horses and he breeds them. I'm the managing director of carrots! If you can't count on your physical attributes, you have to switch on your brain and make certain runs to avoid getting tackled. Having maneuvered through success, heartbreak and near tragedy, all with equal humility, it's no wonder the Brazilian is beloved in Formula One circles.
Despite winning the finale at Interlagos, he painstakingly lost the season title to Lewis Hamilton by a single point. The next year, he almost lost his life in a freak accident when he crashed after a loose spring from another car struck him in the head. He came back in , and although he hasn't since added to his total of 11 wins, his popularity hasn't waned.
Massa announced his retirement near the end of last year -- there was even a teary farewell at the Brazilian Grand Prix -- but his fans' heartbreak was short-lived, as he agreed to continue driving for Williams after Valtteri Bottas bolted for Mercedes. Even if I lost the championship by one point, I managed to achieve many dreams. I achieved more than I ever expected. Bouchard shot to stardom in , reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open and French Open before going a step further at Wimbledon and becoming the first Canadian woman to play in a Grand Slam final.
In , SportsPro Media ranked Bouchard as the world's most marketable athlete. Her playing career, however, has sputtered -- a concussion-causing slip in the locker room at the US Open didn't help matters -- and she has dropped out of the WTA top 50 after peaking at No. Even if I'm down, they're trying to sing their songs and stuff. They're more positive than me almost. Watson is a putting paradox -- extremely popular with fans but something of a pariah to many of his peers on the PGA Tour.
The two-time Masters champion is known for his colorful public personality and willingness to speak candidly. He also was listed as the player least likely to receive help in a fight in an anonymous poll of PGA Tour members in In , Watson bought a ritzy Florida mansion from fellow multiple-Masters winner Tiger Woods, who had good reason to unload the property. It was the site of SUV crash that was the first public sign of trouble for Woods in what evolved into a sex scandal.
I don't try to win tournaments for fame. I don't do any of that. I just want to be me and play golf. He led the first-year Gujarat Lions to the Indian Premier League playoffs, and in the process, he became the first Indian cricketer to score 6, T20 runs. This year at the IPL auction, he showed his leadership skills again by snatching a league-high 11 players for the Lions. With this strong statement, he is looking to make a strong comeback after a lukewarm season in the international arena.
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Last year, no less a soccer seer than Pep Guardiola personally got on the phone to convince the then-teenager to join him at Manchester City. He won the Bola de Ouro, given to the best player in Brazil, captured the Olympic gold on home soil, helped form a devastating attacking trident for the rejuvenated Selecao along with Neymar and Philippe Coutinho and led Palmeiras to a championship in the Brazilian top flight. All of this before he turned The home fans at his former club in Brazil, Palmeiras, loved him so much their adulation bordered on sacrilege.
I've seen a lot of players come through. But Gabriel Jesus is different. He has some spectacular talents. He was 3 when he was the last kid to arrive at practice, and the only spot left was in goal. Lucky for Germany and Bayern Munich, because Neuer went on to redefine the position. The World Cup winner never lost the thirst to play outfield, and instead incorporated his skill with the ball into his goalkeeping. The ultimate sweeper-keeper, he's as good with his feet as with his hands. Today, thanks to Neuer, it's no longer enough for keepers to just block shots; the offense starts there.
Neuer is the German version of actor John Krasinski -- at least according to Pixar, which tapped the five-time Bundesliga champion for the voice of blue creature Frank McCay in the German version of "Monsters University. He has his own era. He is the best one in the category 'modern keeper' for years. Scott is only a few years younger than Tiger Woods but has long been a fan of his swing, and he aimed to emulate that perfect motion.
That technique has worked out pretty well, with Scott going on to become the first Australian to win a Masters -- after a thrilling playoff duel against Angel Cabrera in -- and the second Aussie to reach No. When not golfing, he enjoys pursuing his other athletic passion -- surfing. As if being a green jacket holder wasn't cool enough, Scott was named the sexiest golfer on tour based on a survey by Golfmates. His smile and charming personality made him the obvious choice, with 58 percent of men and 50 percent of women voting for him. Raisman captained both the and U.
Olympic teams and joined Gabby Douglas as the only Americans with back-to-back team gold medals. On a different kind of floor, Raisman appeared on "Dancing with the Stars" in and finished fourth. Raisman was kiddingly called "Grandma Aly" by her teammates on the U. She was also the senior member of the squad. Hailed as "Messi of the Pyramids" in the Italian media, the Egyptian winger started his career at left-back.
When he was 16, his local team beat their rivals Instead of celebrating with his teammates, Salah burst into tears, distraught because he hadn't scored in the historic win. This prompted his coach to move the defender up front, where he scored 35 goals the next season and never looked back. There is no declaration of love in Italy like having a pizza named after you, which is exactly what happened to Salah when he played in Florence.
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