I am drooling over a new book I just bought: Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano.
You can read more about the book here. Having read only a few pages I highly recommend it. The writing is delicious and moves along easy.
He writes, “Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good soccer. I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’ And when good soccer happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
“The history of soccer is a sad voyage from beauty to duty.”
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Beautiful quote
I totally relate.
“and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it”
A beautiful sentiment that sometimes you don’t hear often enough.