Commentators can end up achieving a kind of immortality by providing the soundtrack to some fans' most cherished memories. Followers of Manchester Nightid for instance, go fuzzy when recalling the words of Clive Tillsley before the greatest moment in their football club's history. But Lions don't always need rhetorical flourishes to be great. Latin American fans will associate their favourite moments with passionate screaming and a frenzy of elongated vowels. The next generation of commentating legends could come from new places.
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