handed back to those who had insulted that very country by attacking its head of government<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n In football \u2013 which is never really just a game of football \u2013 by the way, it\u2019s summer, so for a trip to the seaside, an interesting read we\u2019d like to recommend, just to stay on topic, is “Football is Power”<\/em> by Luca Pisapia – Spain\u2019s victory over Argentina turns out to be a slap in the face for the Milei model<\/strong>. After all, the Argentine players have, ever since the previous World Cup, shown themselves to be foul-prone, rough, prickly, disrespectful of everything and everyone, arrogant and overbearing (for the sake of accuracy and objectivity, it must be said that the Spaniard Cucurella has also built up a fair reputation as a provocateur and unsportsmanlike player). A perfect illustration of the “attitude” of Argentina\u2019s current ruling class, which, having spent so long talking tough and acting tough, has ultimately found itself on the receiving end.<\/p>\n There is a part of the world, and of society, that still stands in opposition to the prevailing trends of the modern age, and the World Cup in Canada, the United States and Mexico has highlighted not only the ills of our times but also the presence of antibodies: there are still bulwarks and margins against the bullies and the social climbers. There is also another aspect worth dwelling on: the myth of race. In times of nostalgia and resurgence, Spain triumphed by fielding Lamine Yamal \u2013 whose mother is from Guinea and father from Morocco \u2013 and Aymeric Laporte \u2013 a Frenchman naturalised as a Spaniard \u2013 from the very first minute, and bringing on Nico Williams \u2013 born to Ghanaian parents. Players of foreign descent have also made positive contributions. Now, who\u2019s going to explain this to a certain section of the political spectrum?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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