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Going down fighting

WALSH’S WORLD

Kristian Walsh on football around the globe

June 26, 2011: one of the darkest days in Argentinean football history both literally and metaphorically.
In a small barrios of south-east Buenos Aires stood hundreds in darkness; surrounding those hundreds were over another hundred people, their faces partially illuminated from the candles they carried – some had their heads bowed, while others stood in silence.
Placed at the front of the group was a figure dressed as a ghost, their costume constructed with determination and linen. Resting upon the chest of the gho...

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