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Football against the Enemy, as my good friend and colleague Simon Kuper titled his seminal book on the political and cultural passions generated by the game, could well take on new meaning later this week. With an admirable sense and sensibility not common in the football world, the French and English football authorities  have agreed to go ahead with the match between their respective national teams. While the game might have been cancelled on grounds of extended mourning, not to have gone ahead with it would have been an admission …

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