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The Most Important Non-Players at the World Cup

Aditya Iyer

Meet the managers

Two Stars and a Constellation
Aditya Iyer

In the end, it’s all about two geniuses and one superteam. Nothing else

Golden Feet
Aditya Iyer

32 Teams. 32 Stars

The Fault in Their Stars
Mugil Bhaskar

You cannot mention Messi without bringing up Maradona. The mood in Argentina is one between gratitude and grudge

What Are We Doing There?
Deepak Narayanan

With no dog in the fight, Indians still travel the world to see the Cup

Messi or Maradona?
Suhrith Parthasarathy

Playing football with Argentina

The Twain Do Not Meat
Lhendup G Bhutia

Tandoori versus asado. To visiting Argentinean polo players, taken out for lunch by Open, it’s a no-contest

Forever No 10
Akshay Sawai

There is nothing more striking about this World Cup than the sight of Maradona in the costume of ‘the establishment’.

The Goal of the Century…
arindam

But for the Argentines, Maradona’s second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup was far more than just a goal. It was the revenge of a nation.

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