Friday, 6 November 2015

Pontus Wernbloom

Day -983. WorldCup2018‬.

I came across a wonderful, heart-warming (in a Fifa.com kind of way) story about Pontus Wernbloom, a Swede playing for CSKA Moscow. When Pontus, white and blonde, remarked that nobody in Moscow smiled CSKA supporters started a "flash mob" on social media through the hashtag ‪#‎smileforPontus‬. Oh, those lovely people. Now ask Emmanuel Frimpong and Hulk, both not-white and blonde, what they think of Russian football supporters.....

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jul/25/racism-row-russia-world-cup-draw

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