It’s hard not to be cynical about the FIFA Museum that opens on Sunday in Zurich, but as the Guardian reports, “well-earned cynicism for the desperate vessel the governing body became drains away amidthe nostalgic rush of World Cups past.” In the main exhibit hall, “there is thankfully precious little evidence of FIFA’s stifling protocols and endless self-glorification.” Among the artifacts:Paul Gascoigne‘s 1990 yellow card and Italy coach Enzo Bearzot‘s pipe from 1982.

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