Eurico Lara

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The history of Eurico Lara , born February 24, 1897 , is one of the most spectacular of which have occurred in Brazil , and this says a lot considering this country actually one of the most tradition has around football. His life , related in equal proportions to the Guild as the army of his nation , encourage a legend , now lives on the club anthem .Born in the city of Uruguaiana , this man knew football and became a fan of it when it began to dispute meetings defending the local army team, his first passion . At that time , chronic in Porto Alegre , the nearest major Brazilian city , spoke of the prodigious archer , which constantly saved a whole defeats thanks to large interventions.Guild leaders did not take long to hear the comments of those who had seen "in situ" Lara , and so sent a scout to Uruguaiana for that captured his own impressions , and give them approval for recruitment. However, after this person surprise with their performances, Eurico also surprised to advise you that you had no interest in moving from his town to play the Guild.However, neither slow nor lazy , the high command of the Guild managed with peers Brazilian army Lara to be traded to defend their troops to Porto Alegre , and then convince him to join the club. Although the story that at first agreed to enter the computer apparently said that was not the keeper, but it was because the army no one else wanted to tackle . Finally , was persuaded to become , and there his life would change significantly .While levels rose within the army , Lara became an indisputable part of the team

of Gremio , coming to get , eventually , the City Championships Porto Alegre the years 1920, 1921 , 1922 , 1923 , 1925 , 1926 , 1930 , 1931 , 1932 , 1933 and 1935 ; Tournaments and " Gauchos " , 1921, 1922 , 1926 and 1931.During that time , his reputation as a goalkeeper in the center of Brazil was growing rapidly , especially with it helped his performance in a meeting of 1922 , on the " Preparatory Tournament " between gaucho representative and one of São Paulo , which the first won by 4-2 , being much lower in previous papers. The audience devoted man of the match , entering thousands of people onto the pitch with the sole purpose of congratulations.The amazing case , is that although it was assumed that these two combined form the basis of the Brazilian team that would dispute the following continental tournaments , Lara was never called to represent his country on a football field, when even Arthur Friedenrich for some the highest scorer in the history of Brazilian football , said at the time that it was the best in his position .In 1930 , he joined the revolutionary forces in his country who wrote one of the most important pages in the history of Brazil , to help by a coup to the assumption of Getúlio Vargas as president , a position which held at that time for 15 years .In September 1935 , when it was all sporting glory of his country, and even Lieutenant in the Army, he diagnosed tuberculosis , and doctors told him that , at 38 years , it prudent to leave the sport , and his lungs were very weak. The only issue at the hearing was the classic " Gre - nal " that should play against Inter de Porto Alegre a week later , and did not miss it for the world.The appointment was not only important because it is the predominant classic in the region, but in 1935 had added that meet 100 years of " Farroupilha Revolution" extremely important for southern Brazil . Also, Gremio came second, only one point behind Inter and win the title should defeat since a draw so disfavoured .Supporters of the team , some of whom even asked him not to play Lara to preserve his health , that day witnessed one of the greatest displays of a player with the jersey of the Guild. Eurico was the great figure of the first stage , but never came to dispute the second.Decompensation at halftime and had to be assisted in the stadium , where the ED moved it to the " Beneficência Portuguese" Hospital, and although they managed to stabilize it , never go out of there. On 6 November , and after two months of fighting the disease, died one of the greatest footballers that Brazil had so far.His funeral was attended by thousands of fans , not just the Guild but Inter , who surrendered before the delivery of a man who sacrificed even the last of his life to help his team on the court .However, the attitude of Lara would not be in vain, as well as winning the match for Gremio 2-0 when Lupicínio Rodrigues Brazilian artist was commissioned to write the words to the Guild in 1953 , half a century met its foundation , it included the name of the main character in the verse that says " Lara, or Craque Imortal , / Soube or raise seu nome . / Hoje , or perfect mesmo com , / Nós saberemos honor you . " He is the only player named in the club anthem First in Brazil.The interesting thing is also that, as very few people alive have seen play Lara , the amount of circulating legends about its name are endless , but some of them are of historical support that guarantee , and its name has been recorded in the history of Porto Alegre , a city that has so named one of its streets .For example , Salim Nigri , one of the most characteristic of the Guild, and who saw action at Eurico , " twisters " told some of the stories and snippets of life of Lara, as the first meeting with his coach Gremio , when clarified that archer was not really .Another version is that contained disputing a match for the Brazilian Championship , Lara reached both arms injured in a clash with a rival, but continued to play for his intention not to leave his team a man short .Finally , one of the legends told that Lara was dead in the middle of that dispute " Grenal Farroupilha " after stopping a penalty to one of his brothers , who played with the shirt of Inter de Porto Alegre. The tradition was then discarded because they are records of his death two months later in the local hospital , and no data of any of his brothers playing in the opponent's life.