June 16

Six-a-side football on a dusty, odd-shaped pitch

We're in the heart of the Amazon, and I don't have the stitch

I'm zipping around like a cat on cocaine

Defenders dive at my ankles, sometimes in vain

They're crafty, these fellows, they don't mind a bent rule

Some of them prefer to stand, perhaps running is uncool

In my head I'm Messi but I'm not sure it shows

I look like I've just been swimming at the game's close