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The Fifa U17 World Cup, and Mixed Emotions

November 8th, 2013 · No Comments · Abu Dhabi, Fifa, Football, soccer, The National, UAE, World Cup

It lasted 23 days, but it seemed longer. Twenty-four teams, originally, from New Zealand to Canada, from Argentina to Sweden. They played 52 games in 23 days, and many of us here in the UAE got quite used to having these kids around, and watching them on Al Jazeera, the Qatar cable station that carried […]

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