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Lost luggage & fans' passion - Lewis' '100mph' 24 hours from Brazil to NI

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"We're not Brazil, we're Northern Ireland."

It's one of the most famous songs in the Green and White Army's Windsor Park songbook.

But now, there actually is a little bit of samba style in Michael O'Neill's team.

Jamal Lewis made one of the most surprising transfers of the summer when he joined Brazilian giants Sao Paulo on loan from Newcastle United.

Once the interest was there, the 26-year-old said the move to one of Brazil's most successful clubs happened at "one hundred miles per hour" and, before he knew it, he was being greeted by fans in Brazil's most populous city.