When football is a celebration, with fans hugging each other even if they belong to different teams, when players cry over their team's defeat, when kids stick posters of their favorite heroes in their rooms, when history is written and shaped through the beautiful game, when the logo and mascot of each tournament become objects of debate—whether they are beautiful or not, when a jersey becomes a fetish and is worn on a walk, when you admire Nelson Mandela holding the cup, and remember the Hand of God, it is the moment to recall Ilios Lagios's poem "Ballad of the Fading Dribbler of Our Time" as the opening kick to this feature.

Flip through a publication filled with infographics about a World Cup approaching 100 years.