In a world of great-power rivalry and hyper-scaling tech behemoths, you would be forgiven for thinking that the bulky bully always has the edge. But as this year’s World Cup has shown repeatedly, you would be wrong.
In a world of great-power rivalry and hyper-scaling tech behemoths, you would be forgiven for thinking that the bulky bully always has the edge. But as this year’s World Cup has shown repeatedly, you would be wrong.
LONDON — The inevitable was about to happen: Argentina would dispatch Cape Verde. But then, deep into extra time, wonder struck: Sidny Lopes Cabral, aged 23 but looking 17, took a pass on the left flank and, instead of lobbing the ball in search of a header, shifted direction (sending the defender skidding the wrong way) and let fly a curling wonder of a shot that ended in the farthest and most unreachable corner of the Argentine goal.