O Espião Que Veio do Futebol

Set in Lisbon in 1941, during the height of World War II, neutral Portugal has become a hotbed of international espionage. Cândido de Oliveira—a former national football team player, co-founder of the Portuguese sports newspaper A Bola, and former manager of the Portuguese national team—uses his public fame, sporting travels, and media access as a cover to set up an anti-fascist intelligence network code-named Britânicos. Operating on behalf of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) unde…