The Bitchuation Room with Francesca Fiorentini
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Are Americans Finally Catching Onto Football Culture?
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36:13Now PlayingAt the end of the day, the World Cup is about passion and the beauty of soccer. Yet there’s lots of politics, money, possible corruption and geopolitical history that undoubtedly comes into play. After all, the United Nations is effectively useless so I guess FIFA is our next best thing.
Joey D’Urso is a journalist and author of the book More Than A Shirt: He and Francesca talk about the World Cup 2026, the allegations of rigging and the intensity of the anti-Argentina fervor. Is Messi a Zionist? Is VAR a bad thing? Is expanding the number of teams that play a good thing?
They discuss how important football culture is in places like England —where the game was invented— and how clubs are both places of community and pride. And in Argentina and Brazil, and countries that never were great superpowers, soccer is the way they show themselves to the world and how they can become a superpower.
Thanks to @JoeyDUrsoFootball for joining us!
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