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01 · SPORTS

Messi and Ronaldo reach a sixth World Cup —

Twenty years after they walked on as kids in Germany, Messi and Ronaldo are the last of their generation still standing. A…

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Croatia don’t win in ninety minutes — they outlast

A final and a semifinal built on the same refusal: to be rushed. Now the man who slows the game to his…

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Uruguay won a century by refusing to lose —

The smallest nation ever to win a World Cup built its identity on enduring the siege. Marcelo Bielsa is betting La Celeste…

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America has spent a decade calling this its best

The United States arrives at its own World Cup with the most gifted squad it has ever assembled and no place left…

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05 · SPORTS

Mexico has lost the same World Cup match seven

For seven straight tournaments Mexico has reached the round of 16 and gone no further. This summer they host the World Cup…

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06 · SPORTS

The Netherlands keep losing World Cups beautifully — this

The home of attacking idealism has finally stopped trying to be beautiful. Ronald Koeman built the Oranje from the back, around Virgil…

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07 · SPORTS

Germany used to win by being certain — Nagelsmann

The most efficient team football ever built has become its most gifted and least settled. Nagelsmann recalled a 40-year-old goalkeeper to anchor…

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