Some of the most passionate soccer fans at the Czech Republic-South Africa match in Atlanta didn’t really care who won.
This wasn’t a battle between favorites to win the World Cup. There were no megastars to fawn over. Some in the crowd of 67,442 were there, well, just because it’s the World Cup.
Rami Abdoch and the Abdurhman brothers sat in section 338 and erupted at every flashy play, shouted at all the controversial calls, and participated in every stadium-wide wave while booing among the masses at both hydration breaks.
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