Grande Hilário!!!

Ora vamos lá equilibrar a balança e puxar o nosso país para cima!!! Homens como o Hilário só são razões fortes para nos orgulharmos de sermos Portugueses! Que outro povo Europeu é que conhecem com esta fibra??? Passoa transcrever um excerto duma reportagem publicada no "The Guardian": Barney Ronay Saturday October 21, 2006 The Guardian It wasn't hard to imagine what we might get from the Chelsea goalkeeper Hilario this week. Shunted into the limelight against Barcelona in bizarre circumstances, Hilario appeared little more than a punchline waiting to happen. The first mention of the mysterious Portuguese third-string conjured an image of some cartwheeling hysteric: a pointer, a flapper, a man with wild and unruly tracksuit bottoms. It wasn't just his name. We heard talk of a famously gaffe-strewn showing against Manchester United. There were references to his wealthy upbringing and university education: the pampered Hilario emerges from his ivory tower to flail and simper in the Stamford Bridge goalmouth. But mainly it was just the fact that he was called Hilario. Sadly, genuinely silly names have rarely coincided with success on the field. Australia once had a goalkeeper called Norman Conquest. Harry Daft won five England caps, while Segar Bastard fell out of favour after just one. Of current players The Seychelles' Johnny Moustache has yet to hit the big time, while midfielder Frank Awanka remains unknown outside Luxembourg. Which brings us back to the man himself: Hilario! What a presence! The Chelsea stand-in was utterly unflappable against Barcelona. Would a goalkeeper not steeled by a long struggle with his own unfortunate surname have been so ready to rush out and block Lionel Messi's early shot? Without his troublingly pointless university education would he have had the presence of mind to flop heroically on top of harmless strikes at goal, wasting valuable seconds? Possibly not. Even better news for Chelsea fans. Should Hilario go missing they now have a ready-made deputy on the bench. His name? Yves Makabu Ma Kalambay.