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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Adam Hathaway

Think you had it bad? I watched England lose to Argentina in Buenos Aires

Ever felt lonely? Imagine one of seven English journalists in a park just outside Buenos Aires when Argentina have just knocked your side out of the World Cup.

Imagine being seven glum faces in a sea of blue and white delirium with 150,000 locals going mad whilst the man on the microphone leads the hordes in a chant of “Messi, Messi!”

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