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The World's Game (According to Us)

By Austin Kelley

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

More than fans of most other sports, soccer fans tend to distinguish between the final score of a match (the result) and the story of the match (the play). Often they invoke notions of justice, deciding whether a result was "fair." Barcelona fans tend to go a bit further, waxing philosophical about the grand mission of their team. They attack. They dazzle. They play. It's a moral imperative. So when Chelsea came to town last week for the first leg of the Champions League semifinal (the secon ...

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