Sebastián Esnaola: Protecting football’s civic friendship must be a wake-up call
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At a glance
- Cooperativa Deportes commentator Sebastián Esnaola warned that growing insults and attacks between football fan groups threaten the sport’s civic friendship.
- He called for people who love football to treat the defense of that shared culture as an urgent warning.
Cooperativa Deportes commentator Sebastián Esnaola warned that football’s ability to create civic friendship is under threat.
In an editorial, Esnaola said protecting that bond should serve as “a wake-up call” for everyone who loves the sport. He argued that the growing stream of insults and attacks between rival fan groups is putting football’s shared culture at risk.
“The football debate runs a serious risk of becoming permanently corrupted,” Esnaola said, calling for greater attention to the tone surrounding the game.
maintaining the civic friendship that football creates must be a wake-up call, an alert for everyone who loves this activity, because the football debate runs a serious risk of becoming permanently corrupted
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