Gabriel Jesus - Players Tribune (Really good read)

[agingerstokie]

www.skysports.com/football/news/11679/11176607/gabriel-jesus-for-the-players-tribune-call-your-momma

Talks about playing in brazil as a kid on this muddy pitch outside a military prison where he and his friends could eat as they gave sandwiches and a soda and that was the only meal some of them had a day, playing in the mud against people threatening to break his legs as he was better than them etc.

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Yeah I loved it. Really down to earth guy.

[bayernoatcake]

And this is part of the reason why I don't get when people don't think Brazilians will be tough enough for the Prmeier League.

Even if the players themselves have had a good life leading to their football career, the Brazilian league is absolutely brutal.

It's a market that should be exploited more by British clubs.

[madnellie]

Really enjoyed that. This is another good one from fellow Brazilian Marta.

www.theplayerstribune.com/marta-brazil-letter-to-my-younger-self/