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		<title>Alley OopMore than football: what the 2026 World Cup final revealed about our time - Alley Oop</title>
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				<title>More than football: what the 2026 World Cup final revealed about our time</title>
				<link>https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2026/07/21/fifa-world-cup/</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ning Su]]></dc:creator>
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July 19th, 2026—a beautiful, sunny weekend in New York. Together with tens of thousands of fans wearing the jerseys of Spain and Argentina—many with the number 10, Messi, on their backs—I took the New Jersey Transit train to the <a href="https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026">World Cup Final</a> . Along the way, there was coordinated singing and cheering among the fans—a relatively rare sight in this part of the world.

As the New York New Jersey Stadium emerged from the train window, the singing intensified. Three hours before kickoff, the area outside the stadium was already packed with fan activities, sponsored by corporations. Instead of joining them, I went...]]>
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