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Mascherano's beautiful speech after Argentina-Paraguay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXM8I3nbm7I
"I hope people could understand that this is just football. It's a sport... Football nowadays, although it's a business and everything around it is too; it's still something people playing on their leisure time to have fun, it isnt a war.
Whatever has happened in the past, we mustn't link football with politics and situations we or they had to live. We have to make sure football is a sport and it is healthy sport. And specially to set an example to the children and children have to grow without that encouragement for violence but we are sister countries: we have to respect and help each other"
Translated by fedemasa on Reddit
Great great speech.
Edit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/3bq39y/mascheranos_beautiful_speech_after/
Smart and beautiful speech by Masche. If only players and supporters were reasonable enough to think this way. Especially that last part about setting an example for younger generations.