The EZLN's Utopian Soccer Dream and Past Matches

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), a subversive Indigenous organization, harbored a strong passion for soccer and dreamed of staging major matches, including a failed attempt against Inter Milan, though a match against Mexican veterans did occur in 1999.

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The EZLN’s utopian soccer

The subversive Indigenous organization had a marked passion for the game and dreamed of staging big matches, one of them against Inter Milan, an attempt that failed. There was, however, a match in 1999 between the Zapatistas and a team of veteran Mexico internationals

By Zedryk Raziel,David Marcial Pérez

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