If there was a place on this planet where football could be played afloat, it would be none other than Brazil. As you can easily understand, it happens. The passionate relationship of Brazilians with the “Beautiful Game” cannot be encapsulated in words. It cannot be comprehended through the most finely crafted poem. It cannot even […]
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May 12, 2013. Vicarage Road. Watford versus Leicester. The second leg of the Championship playoffs. We find ourselves in the final moments of stoppage time. The ball is placed on the penalty spot in Watford’s box. Frenchman Anthony Knockaert stands before Spanish goalkeeper Manuel Almunia. The score stands at 2-1 in favor of the home […]
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No matter how systems change and football evolves, we often return to its primal questions. Spectacle or outcome? Victory or good football? If the eternal battle between good and evil, spirit and matter, light and darkness could be transposed onto football, then the main role in football’s… Manichaeism would be played by the duo of […]
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The rule was simple: If on Sundays when Real Sociedad was playing at Atotxa, you suddenly saw two fireworks in the sky above San Sebastián, that meant the home team had just scored. If you saw only one firework, then the visiting team had netted the goal. For over three decades, from the early 60s […]
READ MORESombrero was born in 2008 as a blog that wouldn’t be selling hats, but would approach football in a different manner. It was the era of blogs, and we decided to blend our passion for football with our love for storytelling. It was something we did for ourselves and our friends. We never expected, by […]
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