Ukraine 2–1 France: When Geopolitics Wears Cleats and the World Holds Its Breath
Kyiv, 3:00 a.m. local—while most of Europe was snoring beneath its weighted blanket of post-industrial angst, 60-odd Ukrainians in yellow and 11 world-weary Frenchmen in navy were busy reminding the planet that geopolitics can still be settled by twenty-two pairs of lungs and one very opinionated ball. The scoreboard said Ukraine 2–1 France (B), but…