When you go to a country which is getting ready to host the FIFA World Cup in 2014, you just cannot escape the football fever.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether Brazil are hosting a World Cup or not. The nation just seems to bring out the football player hidden inside you.
And Roger Federer found that out. In an exhibition match against Tommy Haas in Sao Paulo, Fed-Ex went all out to show off his footy skills. He was also wearing a no.10 shirt!
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Fans were treated to Federer chesting the ball, heading it to Haas and also executing a Zidanesque 360. All this, while he kept missing his attempts at clearing the net.
Here’s a YouTube video which sort of convinces us that he should stick to tennis.
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