Opinion
The Football World Cup is not About Nations Competing but About People Getting Together
Received Date: February 19, 2019; Published Date: February 25, 2019
Summary
I saw Poland’s dramatic loss, 1-2 with Senegal, together with two Polish friends just before going out to have a glass of wine on the Rhine’s wonderful bank in Mainz. But unsurprisingly, even without a TV in site, I could not escape the World Cup. From time to time, two men dressed in Russian t-shirts jumped from the ship docked nearby, crazily shouting and screaming. At one point, their shouts were cheerfully returned by another two men, in Polish t-shirts, that just happened to pass by. I soon learned that Russia was leading 3-0 against Egypt (and would end up winning 3-1), in a game that pundits predicted much closer.
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