International break a poignant reminder of the gap between haves and have-nots | Jonathan Liew
There are plenty of one-sided qualifiers but within them lies a reminder that football does not exist to serve the wealthyIt was the eighth goal that felt most primitive of all. All night long at the Parc des Princes, France had been flaying Kazakhstan with a baying relish that seemed to skirt the boundary between sport and ritual.Three minutes from time, with the score 7-0 and France’s passage to the World Cup long since secured, Kylian Mbappé chased after Moussa Diaby’s through pass with the Kazakh centre-half Nuraly Alip also in pursuit. Continue reading...