FLAIR, creativity, vision and goals – all hallmarks of the beautiful game of football that we celebrate as the No 1 sport in the world.
For all the crowd-pulling effect of the star players, one must not forget, to borrow a line from FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, without match officials, there is no football.
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