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Uruguayan former footballer, Alcides Ghiggia, 83, shows a book given as a gift by the Secretary of Tourism of Brazil

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Uruguayan former footballer, Alcides Ghiggia, 83, shows a book given as a gift by the Secretary of Tourism of Brazil, Marcia Lins, before leaving his footprints at Maracana's Walk Of Fame, in Rio de Janeiro on December 29, 2009. Ghiggia was honoured for his famous goal which gave Uruguay the 2-1 victory over Brazil in the final of the 1950 FIFA World Cup and crowned them champions. "Only three people managed to silence the Maracana Stadium: the Pope, Frank Sinatra and I", once sentenced the eighty-three-year-old in reference to that goal. AFP PHOTO/VANDERLEI ALMEIDA