Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kei te whakatata mai te kaitakawaenga o Brazil a Lucas Leiva ki te hokinga mai o te kapa tuatahi o Liverpool i muri i te neke atu i te kotahi marama i te whara o te kopu. Ko te 28-tau te pakeke i taka mai i te tukinga 0-0 o Merseyside i te marama o mua ki a Everton i muri noa iho i te 16 meneti engari kei te tata haere ia ki te hoki mai ki te kapa tuatahi a Brendan Rodgers. Ka taea hoki e Lucas te whakaatu i te whakataetae Barclays Premier League nui o te Ratapu me Manchester United, he mea nui ki te taha o Liverpool kaore i ngaro i te taha o te Brazil kaha i te taha mai i te Noema 4. Kei te whakatata atu a Lucas Leiva ki te hokinga mai o te kapa tuatahi o Liverpool, ā, kua whakairihia e ia tēnei ataata mai i te whakangungu ki Instagram. Ka kitea te kaitakawaenga o Brazil e rere noa ana i muri i tana whakaora mai i tana whara i te marama kua hipa. I kitea hoki a Lucas e tuku ana i tētahi pōro i roto i tētahi mahi whakangungu takitahi tino kaha i te turanga whakangungu o Melwood o Liverpool. I tukuna atu a Lucas ki waho o te papa i te meneti 16 o te whakataetae Merseyside i muri i tana whara. Ka tutaki a Liverpool ki a Swansea i te po o te Mane me te whai waahi ki te whakaiti i te rereketanga o te tuawha o United ki nga tohu e rua, ka taea ai e ratou te peke atu ki te taha o Louis van Gaal i Anfield i te Ratapu. Kua tīmata a Lucas ki te rere noa, ki te whai wāhi ki te mahi pōro, ahakoa ko ia anake, i te wā e noho ana te kapa tuatahi i te pō ki Wales i mua i te kēmu o te Mane. Heoi, ko tana ahuatanga o naianei ka tohu i te hokinga mai ki te roopu tuatahi i mua atu i te waa, ana ko te ahua o te tinana me te ahua o ona hoa-roopu e tu ana i te huarahi o te hokinga mai o te Pirimia Pirimia. Ka whawhai a Luka Modric o Real Madrid mo te pōro me Lucas - ko te wa whakamutunga i hinga a Liverpool me ia i te taha. Kua tīmata a Lucas ki te rere noa, ki te whai wāhi ki te mahi pōro, ahakoa ko ia anake i Melwood. I whakairihia e Lucas he riipene ataata ki Instagram i te Ratapu me te korero: 'kaore e roa inaianei!!!' i a ia e tatau ana ki tana hokinga mai. Kua hoki mai a Steven Gerrard i tana raruraru i te hamstring, a, kei roto ia i te kapa ki te aro atu ki a Swansea ahakoa kaore pea e timata wawe mai i te ahua o Jordan Henderson me Joe Allen....
Kua neke atu i te kotahi marama a Lucas Leiva e whara ana i te raru o te huha. I hīkoi te kaitakawaenga i te 16 meneti ki te whakataetae Merseyside i te marama o mua. Engari kua hoki mai te tangata Brazil o Liverpool ki runga i te pōro i roto i nga huihuinga i Melwood. Ka rite pea ki te aro atu ki a Manchester United i te Ratapu, 22 o Maehe. Kāore a Liverpool i hinga i te taha o Lucas mai i te tīmatanga o Whiringa-a-rangi. Patohia TENEI mō ngā rongo hou katoa o Liverpool.