What ‘dirty’ football tells us about us
Avijit Ghosh
Avijit Ghosh is a associate editor with The Times of India. He is addicted to films, music, cricket and football—and not necessarily in that order. He is the author of Bandi LESS
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Just because most matches are watched on TV, doesn’t mean every team has an obligation to play attractively. That point is being missed in this World Cup
Of late, Paraguay’s team has been pilloried by the football press and public.
Among other things, the Latin American side has been described as “hooligans”; their style of play labelled as “dirty”, “ugly” and “anti-football”.
These accusations have been primarily made by self-appointed gatekeepers, who create the rulebook of aesthetics from the vantage position of privilege.
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Views expressed above are the author’s own.
