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At the World Cup, controversy reigns

Originally Published: March 24, 2010
By Roger Bennett | Special to ESPN.com

To fill the void during the countdown to kickoff, lists of the World Cup's greatest goals, teams and players are endlessly paraded out and debated. But while the tournament is a platform for exquisite moments of individual beauty, team perfection and general human superlatives, soccer is a sport of both high and low culture. Rogues are celebrated as much as legends, and as any longtime fan will tell you, the searing pain of a nation's hopes being dashed in sinister circumstances lasts longer than ...

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