Bolas!

3 world cups and a hernia

polyester or synthetic fibers, 1970s vs 2020s

Lockeroom antics

He would walk into the dressing room, light a cigarette that smelled like a campfire, and calmly explain that we were playing "for the soul of the people." He was a hippie who somehow won a World Cup.

The goalie who chatted to the goalposts before a final

Ubaldo Fillol had a peculiar pre-match ritual that drove me to the brink of sanity. Before the whistle, he would walk up to the goalposts and *talk* to them. I am not joking.