It’s the most wonderful time of the year, apparently, but on the streets of Buenos Aires you’ll be hard-pressed to pick up on the clima mundialista. The vibes leading up to Argentina’s debut match were most certainly what the youth would call “off.”
Maybe we’re seriously questioning if all the witchcraft carried out in 2022 to ensure a victory was really worth it, given the current state of things. Or perhaps we’re all too busy doom-scrolling on Twitter, half-laughing, half-crying at the fact that Manuel Adorni really expects us to believe him when he says that the reason for his sudden increase in net worth is because he stumbled upon a forgotten pen drive with access to a Bitcoin wallet worth $500,000.
Or maybe it’s hard to be excited about multi-millionaires kicking a ball around when we’re paying our grocery bill en cuotas and having mate cocido for dinner. A recent survey of the doormen in my neighborhood confirms my suspicions: no one can be bothered to care that much when we aren’t making it to fin de mes.
I know, all of this makes me sound like a tremendous Debbie Downer. Forgive me, please, I promise I’m doing my best to get into superfan mode now that the Albiceleste is officially back — and Messi gave us something to talk about with his first-ever World Cup hat trick. Even the Bangladeshis (I’ll never get over how random and how incredible this is, by the way) got back into the groove!
