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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
John Brewin

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Bare footballing facts plus the deployment of various kitchen sinks | History Defined

Fans walk in the Souq Waqif market before Tuesday’s big games.
Fans walk in the Souq Waqif market before Tuesday’s big games. Photograph: Martin Divíšek/EPA

THE STORM BEFORE THE CALM

Absolutely nothing is off the table at these Human Rights World Cup finals. For all Gianni Infantino’s protestations, his “shut up and dribble” pre-tournament message has been about as effective as Serbia’s offside trap against Cameroon striker Vincent “Scoop” Aboubakar. So if HRWC 2022 proves anything, it’s that history is rarely forgotten. And that means you, Ingerlund-supporting berks who think it a wheeze to visit the actual Middle East clad in crusader costumes. Did you not do history at schoo … oh, what’s the use?

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