Benfica vs Gil Vicente: How a Provincial Portuguese Match Quietly Steers the Global Anxiety Index
LISBON—Tonight, high above the Tagus, the floodlights at Estádio da Luz will do what they’ve done since 1954: pretend the rest of the planet isn’t quietly combusting. Somewhere between the 38th parallel and the 401(k) plunge, 60,000 souls will watch Benfica versus Gil Vicente, a fixture that sounds like the title of a minor Graham…