⚽️ “Welcome to America: the problematic host”

One America sees a grand, hospitable version of itself. Another America sees diverse crowds filling its stadiums and feels threatened by their flags and languages and hyphenated identities, by the very diversity that is supposed to make American soil fertile for this tournament.

On Wednesday, the French sports daily L’Équipe published an alarming front page. (…) It was sharp. It cut deep. (…) The French sports press is now a moral conscience.