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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Glorious careers ended in tears: Brahmananda on Neymar and Ronaldo's last tango

New Delhi: Tears welling from the eyes of two legendary footballers -- Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar Junior -- with remorse and guilty after their nations' exit from the FIFA World Cup told a thousand stories, according to India's legendary goalkeeper and former captain Brahmananda Sankhwalkar.

"Their tears screamed: 'I was so close, yet so far'. The silent tears reverberated among us, the football community: 'Oh they just failed to lay their hands on yet another World Cup'. It's gone without them bringing the Cup to their nation'," Brahmananda told PTI.

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