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The Tension Between What Has Been Projected and What Is Actually Real
World Cups are always slightly potent. There is a degree of pretense about a major event, a country presents its best face. This is the only tournament I can think of where there are suggestions that fans have been paid to create the right atmosphere and send the right message. The governing authorities for these four or five weeks move from the local nation to basically FIFA, Samsung, and ABM-Bef.