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Article: BRAZIL: CITY CHEERS FOR BRAZIL AND... FOR TUNISIA.

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June 8, 2006
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According to anba: In a remote corner of the northeast of the country, 51,000 people are not only going to cheer for Brazil in the World Cup in Germany, but they are also going to cheer for Tunisia. Believe it. They are the inhabitants of the city of Z? Doca, in the interior of the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranh?o, 350 km away from state capital S?o Lu?s. It was there that Francileudo dos Santos Silva, better known as "Santos", the greatest star of the Tunisian national team, was born. At the age of 27, and at his first World Cup, the football player from northeastern Brazil, who plays for Toulouse, in France, is not only the idol of the Tunisian team, he is also ...

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