“Game day was always the best day of my week. But today, for the first time, I’m leaving home sad to watch my ‘Tricolor.’ Players in masks, an empty stadium, a championship that rushes back withoutknowing whose interests it serves. Thousands of people are dying in Brazil while we are forced to play football without any safety measures. Another sad page in the history of football in Rio deJaneiro, already so battered and outdated. Infected athletes, poor clubs unable to comply with protocols and everyone, all of us, at risk of contamination. I just hope we all get through this insanityunharmed.”
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