Authentic Footballers Ignacio Matias [TOP]

And every time he steps onto the pitch without shin pads (he believes they make him "slow"), every time he tells a reporter that his performance was "trash," every time he refuses to shake the hand of a known diver—Ignacio Matias wins.

In a sport increasingly governed by algorithms and agents, is the human error—the beautiful, bleeding, snarling error that reminds us that authenticity is not a marketing strategy. Authentic Footballers Ignacio Matias

"Do you remember the name of the millionaire who cheated to win the lottery? No. You remember the honest man who gave the winning ticket back. I will be forgotten by the history books, but I will be remembered by the ghosts who sit in the stands and dream." And every time he steps onto the pitch