Day -763. WorldCup2018
I may be somewhat cynical about Fifa and the dark side of football: the
backroom deals, the corruption, the huge influence of money in the
game. But when I think of the children who live in a World Cup country, I
imagine how great it must be for them. They don't care about the
contractor who's won a major construction deal through alleged
kickbacks, or the local Fifa official who is making a bit of money on
the side by creating a "hospitality" company
selling match tickets and hotel rooms. The children are excited about
the world of football coming, literally, to their backyards. The stars
they watch on TV are all around them and they may have opportunities to
see them, through events at their schools or they might get given
tickets to matches as happened in South Africa in 2010.
So despite there possibly being a feeling that this is a publicity
stunt, the children from the orphanage in Volgograd surely don't care
about that. They have a chance to enjoy their World Cup. And they are
happy.
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