It was the most highly televised sporting event in the world. Why wouldn’t it be? Soccer, also known as the “real” football or futbol, was the most widely played sport across the inhabited continents. It didn’t discriminate. You could be tall, short, skinny, poor, or rich. All you needed was a ball that was at least sort of inflated and something to make a goal, which could be anything. Coffee cans. Coke cans. Trash cans. Anything. You could be a girl or a boy. Have a uniform, not have a uniform. And as my dad said, you didn’t even need shoes if you really wanted to get technical.
That’s kinda beautiful
