6/10/2023 0 Comments Galeano soccer in sun and shadowSoccer-crazy Brazil has been in revolt over the World Cup - over, in particular, the staggering sums that have been siphoned from the public purse into a string of gargantuan, desperately-behind-schedule construction projects for the competition. The 32 national teams arriving in that country will, however, be confronted with another, far more sobering reality. Hundreds of millions will swoon at the sight of the gods of the global game - Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Uruguay’s Luis Suarez, Italy’s Andrea Pirlo, England’s Wayne Rooney - plying their exquisite trade across the newly built or expensively refurbished stadiums on which Brazil, according to the Wall Street Journal, has spent $3.6 billion over the last few years. Over the next few weeks, we will see all that is beautiful and all that is damned in soccer at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
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