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Remember that politics move quickly, and people and their opinions evolve.

What Politics Can Learn From Soccer

February 29, 2012 · Mustapha Hamoui

Coach Theo Bücker, on how he transformed the Lebanese national team from a hopeless case to a possible contender for the world cup:

I don’t care if someone is Christian or a Muslim. There are only good and bad football players, that is all. I made them faceless, without any number. I am just looking for performance

Please let this guy write the next Lebanese constitution.