Football
I nearly quit football after mum died but fell in love with the game again in -5C Slovakian second tier, says Evanilson
AS EVANILSON thawed his freezing hands in warm water in a small town in Slovakia, it hardly felt like a turning point in his career.
Yet it was in the unlikely setting of second-tier club Samorin that the Brazilian teenager would rediscover his love of football after the death of his mother.
And get back on the long and winding road that has led him to an FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester City on Sunday.
Evanilson, 25, still vividly recalls the shock to the system of leaving Rio giants Fluminense and arriving for a loan spell at their partner club in central Europe in January 2018.
