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  • 11.03.11
    Bebeto’s famous baby hits the big time North/South America | Comments Off
    The World Cup in the United States in 1994. Famous for moments such as the over-the-top opening ceremony with Diana Ross, Roberto Baggio's divine ponytail and John Aldridge losing the plot with an official on live TV.  But it was also the tournament that sparked a celebration that would be imitated thousands of times over. Brazil's Bebeto, who was playing for Deportivo La Coruna at the time, was the creator of the famous "rocking-an-imaginary-baby" in his arms celebration as a tribute to his third-born child, delivered just days before a quarter-final match against Holland. That child, called Matheus, is now 17-years ...