What ‘Dirty’ Football Tells Us About Us

Of late, Paraguay’s team has been pilloried by the football press and public. Among other things, the Latin American side has been described as “hooligans”; their style of play labelled as “dirty”, “ugly” and “anti-football”.
These accusations have been primarily made by self-appointed gatekeepers, who create the rulebook of aesthetics from the vantage position of privilege.