While last week’s win by 10-man Bolivia over Colombia in an Air Miles World Cup qualifier might have raised a few eyebrows, it shouldn’t really have come as much of surprise. Sadly for La Verde, they also have to descend the Andes to play away from home and in this week’s qualifier against the World Cup holders, they came seriously unstuck. With Argentina sitting pretty at the top of the South American World Cup standings, Messi was obviously asked if he’d be hanging around to help them to defend their title in 2026. I just wanted to play football, to be out on the pitch, making passes and scoring goals. After some less than pleased looks from the locals, we were informed at half-time the gentleman had recently passed away.

Source: The Guardian October 17, 2024 15:15 UTC