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La Liga mourns the voice of a generation

The last game Michael Robinson went to was at the place where it had all begun and where he had dreamed of playing, with an anthem that penetrated his heart.

On that final visit to Liverpool, standing before the Kop and walking through Stanley Park with the television crew that was his own – people he had found, taught and cared for – he told his story like he had told so many others over 30 years. Then he went and watched his team play, listened to by millions back home. His other home.

He didn’t see them win that night – Liverpool were beaten by Atletico Madrid – and he knew that he would probably never see the final edition of the interview. It was 18 months since he had been diagnosed with terminal skin cancer. There were no regrets,

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