Eduardo Galeano Quotes about Football

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There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It's the most secret kingdom in the world.

There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It's the most secret kingdom in the world.

Eduardo Galeano

Football, Secret, World

"Throw FIFA Out of the Game" by Dave Zirin, www.nytimes.com. June 6, 2014.

And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer idol is born. He is born in a straw crib in a tin-roofed shack and he enters the world clinging to a ball.

Eduardo Galeano

Soccer, Football, Kissing

Eduardo Galeano (2013). “Soccer in Sun and Shadow”, p.5, Nation Books

His legs have a mind of their own, his foot shoots by itself... Roberto Baggio is a big horsetail that flicks away opponents as he flows forward in an elegant wave.

Eduardo Galeano

Soccer, Football, Player

Eduardo Galeano (1998). “Soccer in Sun and Shadow”, p.194, Verso

Eduardo Galeano Quotes about Football

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