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Joseph Mwepu Ilunga: Mito de una falta cómica

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Mwepu Ilunga fue una de las figuras deportivas más importantes del Congo Mito de una falta cómica JOSEPH MWEPU ILUNGA (1949-2015) Mwepu Ilunga ganó dos Ligas de Campeones de la Confederación Africana Propias Guille Álvarez - La Vanguardia 24/05/2015 10:59 Actualizado a 25/05/2015 10:56 La memoria colectiva reserva un lugar muy elevado a Mwepu Ilunga, defensa de la llamativa selección de Zaire, que se clasificó para el Mundial de 1974 disputado en la RFA y protagonista de una de las jugadas más cómicas del fútbol moderno. El exjugador falleció el 8 de mayo en Kinshasha, capital de la actual República Democrática del Congo, a los 66 años. Los hechos ocurrieron un 22 de junio a media tarde. Minuto 78 de partido, con 3-0 en el marcador favorable a la vigente campeona Brasil, en un duelo sin consecuencias aparentes. El árbitro señala un libre directo, Rivelino y Jairzinho discuten sobre quién hará los honores y, mientras tanto, como un rayo, nuestro protagonista sale disparado a por el bal...

Africa Honors Its Soccer Past and Looks Forward

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https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/sports/soccer/11sot.html By William C. Rhoden June 10, 2010 . The New York Times Midrand, South Africa The master of ceremonies at a dinner here this week announced that after 34 years, a great African soccer mystery would be solved. After years of much silence, Mwepu Ilunga, the former defender from Zaire, would speak. A buzz shot through the room of 500 people. Ilunga had not said much about his bizarre play against Brazil in the 1974 World Cup. The guests spent the evening honoring African soccer legends. The night was a rich celebration of the continent’s soccer history — so much of it lost, forgotten and obscured — tied together by one event, the World Cup. The evening was organized by Samson Adamu, a Nigerian businessman whose father, Amos Adamu, is an executive member of FIFA, the world governing body of soccer. Adamu said his concept for the evening was to go beyond honoring great players and to also honor great players who stayed home. “Not j...