What happened to the beautiful game? | #ajshorts

Has football lost its soul? From Pele’s “Joga Bonito” to billion-dollar World Cups, sky-high ticket prices and growing commercialisation, the game has changed. But stories like Cape Verde’s fairytale run show football can still be beautiful. Al Jazeera’s Rahul Pathak explains.

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