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Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by ChangeIsCostant: 2:16pm On Jun 18, 2018
No one knows tomorrow. Pictures of this football star have been trending over social media platforms and the reason is very obvious. Four years ago, Manchester City striker, Gabriel Jesus was painting the streets in preparation for the Brazil 2014 World Cup.

Yesterday, Gabriel Jesus started in Brazil's first match against Switzerland at the ongoing world cup tournament. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

The viral pictures from 2014 show a 17-year-old Gabriel Jesus, brush in hand, helping to paint the street where he lived as World Cup fever swept Brazil. Four years on, 21-year-old Jesus is no longer the painter but the painted.

It has been a meteoric rise for a player whose £27 million move to Manchester City from Palmeiras in January last year introduced an European audience to a talent on which Brazil are pinning so many hopes. He helped Manchester City demolish a series of records en route to lifting the Premier League title and now he's in Russia trying to help his country.

Now, several adjoining houses in Jardim Peri, the Sao Paulo neighbourhood where he grew up, have been painted with an image of Jesus performing his now familiar goal celebration, where he pretends to phone his mother, Dona Vera, his biggest fan and harshest critic.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/06/throwback-photos-of-gabriel-jesus-painting-the-streets-for-world-cup-in-brazil.html

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Olalan(m): 2:20pm On Jun 18, 2018
Talk about moving from grass to Grace.
BTW never look down or treat anyone badly cause of their present situation, status or class cause you never can tell what tomorrow holds for everyone

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by bolinjkezzy(m): 2:21pm On Jun 18, 2018
Am just so happy for the guy, from grass to grace

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Bayajidda1: 2:23pm On Jun 18, 2018
JESUS CHRIST is LORD and SAVIOUR indeed

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by pizzylee(m): 2:23pm On Jun 18, 2018
don't despise humble beginnings.

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Baawaa(m): 2:33pm On Jun 18, 2018
He has passion for football,and it pays him

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by dogstyle007(m): 2:45pm On Jun 18, 2018
Hmmm
Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Samsimple(m): 2:46pm On Jun 18, 2018
U Lucky dem born u for brazil.. If na Nigeria dem born u, you would have been a professional painter by now.. grin grin

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Nobody: 2:46pm On Jun 18, 2018
For the love of the game.
Check my siggy.

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Elparaiso(m): 2:46pm On Jun 18, 2018
JESUS loves you probably means something else entirely in Brazilian prisons. cheesy cheesy cheesy

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by fastlane84: 2:47pm On Jun 18, 2018
no condition is permanent

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Beautyprincess(f): 2:47pm On Jun 18, 2018
naso
Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by mysteriousman(m): 2:47pm On Jun 18, 2018
No matter where you are just engage yourself in doing something productive things will locate you when the time comes

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Xionez(m): 2:47pm On Jun 18, 2018
Football
Hard work always pays...and a bit of exposure.

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Reference(m): 2:48pm On Jun 18, 2018
Unbelievable... just four years...

But the Brazilian scouting system is just first class, the way they manufacture these talents is just amazing.
Here in Nigeria, with over 150 million people they cannot manage to find a half decent striker to pair a washed out Ighalo. All we do is look for is finished products of mixed perantage whose only claim to performance is the better environment theygrew up in.

Tell me in four years what will Gabriel Jesus have learnt in Brazil to make him start as top 9 for the 'Selecao'. The boy is just raw talent, period. We on the other hand want 'foreign based professionals' even if he plays in Azerbaijan and cannot control a five metre pass and when we cannot we will recycle old cargoes till tjey can barely walk.

We have serious mental problems in Nigeria.

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by IgbosNIGHTMARE: 2:48pm On Jun 18, 2018
Good for him.


Here in Africa, you dare not name your child Jesus, my itk people will see it as blasphemy. They now know 'more and better' about the religion that was forced on them by European slavers, looters and oppressors... cry

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by myrrtle(m): 2:48pm On Jun 18, 2018
this life eh! We should just be careful. don't ever write any one off, even an obvious fool like the dullard in Aso rock. I repeat don't ever write anyone off.

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Meel: 2:48pm On Jun 18, 2018
Life is in stages,
With due diligence I believe everyone time will come

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Factfinder1(m): 2:48pm On Jun 18, 2018
Grace found him

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by awollowo: 2:49pm On Jun 18, 2018
This is inspiring!

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by walosky(m): 2:49pm On Jun 18, 2018
4yrs ago and the guy come old like this abi na scorching Brasilian sun age am like this

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by kpaofame: 2:49pm On Jun 18, 2018

From a remote hamlet to a penthouse, from obscurity to limelight

I know my time will come

All the days of my appointed time I will wait until my transformation comes. ...




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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by nabegibeg: 2:49pm On Jun 18, 2018
ChangeIsCostant:
No one knows tomorrow. Pictures of this football star have been trending over social media platforms and the reason is very obvious. Four years ago, Manchester City striker, Gabriel Jesus was painting the streets in preparation for the Brazil 2014 World Cup.

Yesterday, Gabriel Jesus started in Brazil's first match against Switzerland at the ongoing world cup tournament. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.

The viral pictures from 2014 show a 17-year-old Gabriel Jesus, brush in hand, helping to paint the street where he lived as World Cup fever swept Brazil. Four years on, 21-year-old Jesus is no longer the painter but the painted.

It has been a meteoric rise for a player whose £27 million move to Manchester City from Palmeiras in January last year introduced an European audience to a talent on which Brazil are pinning so many hopes. He helped Manchester City demolish a series of records en route to lifting the Premier League title and now he's in Russia trying to help his country.

Now, several adjoining houses in Jardim Peri, the Sao Paulo neighbourhood where he grew up, have been painted with an image of Jesus performing his now familiar goal celebration, where he pretends to phone his mother, Dona Vera, his biggest fan and harshest critic.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/06/throwback-photos-of-gabriel-jesus-painting-the-streets-for-world-cup-in-brazil.html

this life ehn!

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Nobody: 2:50pm On Jun 18, 2018
Brazilians are crazy about football.

Hmmnn, that's the Ajegunle of Brazil. LOL

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Benjaniblinks(m): 2:50pm On Jun 18, 2018
That's Life For You. No One Knows Tomorrow.

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by Metuh: 2:50pm On Jun 18, 2018
sonsomegrigbo:
Hope the Igbos will take a clue from the young chap...







Crimes doesn't pay...




Drugs are adventurous...





Do you understand the grammars above?





Because una no dey go school oooooooooooooooooo



Shiorrrrrr




Bros grow up. You are bigger than this nonsense.

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Re: Gabriel Jesus Was Painting The Streets 4 Years Ago For World Cup by YomzzyDBlogger: 2:51pm On Jun 18, 2018
cheesy

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