From Kolkata to Dallas: An Argentine Fan's Lifelong World Cup Dream

For one devoted Argentine fan, the World Cup has been a lifetime of emotional roller coasters. It all started in Kolkata, 1990, when a six-year-old watched Diego Maradona weep after Argentina's final defeat to Germany. That night forged an unbreakable bond. Growing up in a city where football is religion, he naturally gravitated toward the Albiceleste, enduring heartbreak after heartbreak: Maradona's ban in 1994, the round-of-16 exit to Romania, and countless knockout-stage disappointments. Now,...