Eight expectations about football from 25 years ago that have proven misguided
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“In 2000, World Soccer magazine commemorated the new century by interviewing FIFA president Sepp Blatter. One of the questions forced him to reach for his crystal ball: ‘What will the next 100 years bring? I cannot look that far ahead,’ Blatter replied. ‘I will go as far as 25 years, however.’ So what did Blatter predict? ‘I will forecast no radical changes in that time,’ he said. Oh well. …”
NY Times/The Athletic – Michael Cox