Freddy the German: psyop, mirror to US rapacity or Tocqueville in a CR7 shirt?
The true identity of the World Cup’s breakout fan has been the topic of feverish debate. He is also the tournament’s most revealing character Farewell, then, Freddy – the fan whose face we never saw,
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