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1 CAFU: BRAZIL’S BEST EGYPTOLOGIST

Everyone knows how an Egyptian walks: they bend their elbows and do a pointy motion, crabbing sideways. Popular culture tells us that, despite a lack of actual evidence; after all, Mohamed Salah has never scored a goal that way, dismayingly.

But Cafu kept the notion alive on his visit to Giza, going full pointy arm while challenging for a header in an early contender for 2020’s most random game.

In front of the Pyramids, Cafu teamed up with Nuno Gomes and Juan Sebastian Veron to promote Africa’s Footballer of the Year awards. The trio were in a World Legends XI, while Africa’s

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