To coincide with the World Cup, here’s a fascinating story from Radio Ambulante about the World Cup qualifier with a dark back story.
http://radioambulante.org/en/audio-en/phantom-team
http://radioambulante.org/en/transcript/transcript-the-phantom-team
“Soccer, politics and protest are an often combustible mix. The Chilean national team of 1973 became a symbol of a divided country after the coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power. Producer Dennis Maxwell has the inside story of a team, and a game that never should have happened.”