The 2018 FIFA World Cup France

What would the late writer Eduardo Galeano have to say about his beloved football — soccer to U.S. fans — as the 2018 World Cup begins? Joel Sronce proposes an answer.

Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good soccer. I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: “A pretty move,for the love of God.” And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’tgive a damn which team or country performs it.

Eduardo Galeano, Football in Sun and Shadow

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