World football system - Chapter 1: Rewind the Clock

... bered the silence. The numbing kind that only comes after tears have dried and hope has withered into nothing. At 26, the world had turned its back on him—or maybe he had turned his back on the world. His boots, once kissed by the grass of Portugal’s most hallowed pitches, lay forgotten in a dusty closet. His name, once chanted by thousands, now lingered only in whispered scandals and tragic headlines.

"Portuguese Prodigy Falls From Grace."

"Tobi Oliveira: A Career Cut Short."