Football fans at odds as politics seeps into beautiful game
CGTN Originals • 2m 21s
Football executives from all over the world are meeting in Portugal for the Soccerex forum. They’re discussing different ways of selling a sport that’s become both tribal and global. Young fans are a crucial and lucrative market for clubs and leagues.
Amid increasing polarization in many parts of the world, some fans are increasingly mixing politics with sport, and that’s where it starts to get complicated.
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