“Something tending towards the sublime: a short man named Diego Maradona danced- with a football.”

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“Something tending towards the sublime: a short man named Diego Maradona danced- with a football.”
“Do I get a say in all this?”
“Poets, dramatists, novelists nor any other artist are not fit for the task of capturing the feelings and emotion in the nanosecond moment when the ball is about to hit the net- neither am I.”
“Hector Bellerín and Kieran Tierney wore their shirts tucked in. “
“Perhaps FIFA needs to remind itself of its past chaos- only then can we start thinking of better ideas.”
“Whereas Sherwood treated the Arteta debate as an open conversation in which it is arguable that Emery could have been destined for success at the Emirates if a certain 90 minutes had gone his way, Melissa Reddy treated the debate as a structured argument . Her reasons for her defence of Arteta were rooted to valued judgements and rationale.”
“The opportunity to compete at an international stage and represent your country is a privilege. That is the basis from which the football authorities must totally rebrand and re-schedule international football. “
“Football has become entrapped, imprisoned, put in a cage by the ‘(Football) Culture Industry’.”
“Football should be a beacon of hope for aspiring footballers, but also for people from similar backgrounds to work hard to becoming doctors, lawyers or politicians.”
“In one play, Dener takes the ball from the flanks, cutting in and quickly changing direction again, strolling past Newell’s defenders. Cameras in the stadium caught Diego Maradona himself smiling.”