I’d imagine that, even if you are not one who cares a great deal about football, you will still have noticed the World Cup that’s been going on just lately. You could hardly not. A World Cup as you’re probably also aware is attributed with considerable importance. It has the status of football’s ultimate prize, and also in many quarters its ultimate indicator of quality. Its winner almost always is considered worthy; often as the best side in the world. Sometimes even the victorious country is thought to offer a model more generally for others to imitate. Given these assumptions I therefore was intrigued to read an article by football writer Jonathan Wilson, which...
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