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Eliaquim Mangala: my paralysed brother is my inspiration – he gives me strength
His story begins among the apartment blocks of Sartrouville, a north-west suburb of Paris, and as Eliaquim Mangala opens up about the events that shaped his life it quickly becomes apparent this was no ordinary childhood. “My brother, Daniel, was seven,” Mangala says. “He loved playing football.