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Canelas 2010's players wait in the locker room before a football match against Candal on January 8, 2017 in Vila Nova de Gaia. Canelas, a fourth-tier Portuguese football team renowned for playing rough, has risen to the top of their amateur league after a string of default wins because their opponents are afraid to face them on the pitch. / AFP / FRANCISCO LEONG (Photo credit should read FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Canelas 2010's players wait in the locker room before a football match against Candal on January 8, 2017 in Vila Nova de Gaia.
Canelas, a fourth-tier Portuguese football team renowned for playing rough, has risen to the top of their amateur league after a string of default wins because their opponents are afraid to face them on the pitch. / AFP / FRANCISCO LEONG        (Photo credit should read FRANCISCO LEONG/AFP via Getty Images)