"I dream, so I’d better not answer that" — Marcelo Bielsa prepares for the World Cup with Uruguay
"Look, there’s no secret to the way we play," Bielsa said. "But, well, those are intentions, and then we have to make them a reality."
The sound of Goal!, the World Cup and the people and their feet
Players aren't on the list, let alone given a close-up in sight or sound: it's everything but the game. Zoom in and overdub them if you have to, but I'm yearning for this World Cup to give me lingering long takes over the knees of Ao Tanaka.
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