Uruguayan history v Iberian modernity in 2030 World Cup hosting bid
Sep 06, 2022
4 minutes
Keir RADNEDGE
THE INSIDER
Strolling half an hour from downtown Montevideo brings any inquiring tourist to a quirky grey post on the sidewalk at a crossroads in the suburb of Pocitos. Further down the Calle Coronel Alegre stands a grey angular frame, like a half-completed bus shelter.
No city wears its footballing pride like Montevideo. The post marks the spot where France and Mexico kicked off on the first day in the history of the World Cup; the steel frame represents the goal into which Frenchman Lucien Laurent struck the first goal.
Just about every football romantic and historian knows, in his or
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