The World Cup has done something to me. I just might fuck around and get really into soccer. It feels incredible to drink three to eight beers in daylight hours and scream “This is a fucking disgrace!!!” at the television in a bar full of people less invested than you. I get it
what if you were a SENATOR and you were GAY but you were CLOSETED and another senator DIED but you were LYING about it and his WIFE was a SPY for CHINA and then you ALSO DIED
She was a 25 year old lawyer in Ayacucho, Peru when her boyfriend attacked her in a hotel in July 2015. The security cameras captured everything. Him chasing her. Dragging her by the hair. Her screaming for help while hotel staff tried to intervene. The court watched the footage.
Then sentenced him to one year suspended for minor injuries. The more serious charges - dropped. She refused to accept it. She went public. Put her name and her face to everything. Took the fight to the media, to the courts, to the streets. On August 13 2016 half a million Peruvians marched through Lima. The largest demonstration in the history of Peru. Led by her.
The appeals court threw out the original verdict. He was retried. Convicted of attempted f3micide. Sentenced to 11 years in prison. She went on to become a member of Congress. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Her name is Arlette Contreras. And she was just getting started.
Cape Verde is one of the best counterarguments in sports history to the misguided concept that only championships matter.
The presumption that there are no meaningful accomplishments in sport short of winning everything is an overly simplistic, toxic mentality that has to die.
I can’t imagine what pride Cabo verdeans must’ve felt during that game because they had my heart and soul for the past several and I don’t even have a connection. I’ll think about this game for years just like Brazil Germany all those years ago. Man. They were incredible
Feast your eyes on not just the goal of this World Cup, but one of the best goals in World Cup history. Consider the stakes, the moment, the technique. Are you kidding me?!? 🇨🇻
cape verde killing that "they can be proud of themselves for making it this far" bullshit participation ribbon mentality imposed of african and most latam teams. they're just as deserving as argentina to be on that pitch and they play knowing that