The Run of Play is a blog about
the wonder and terror of soccer.

We left the window open during a match in October 2007 and a strange wind blew into the room.

Now we walk the forgotten byways of football with a lonely tread, searching for the beautiful, the bewildering, the haunting, and the absurd.

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At First, I Thought Nadal Had Something to Do with It, But Now I’m Leaning Toward Thinking “Drunk Messi”

Any other theories about why the man who ran out onto the court and attempted to put a hat on Roger Federer in the second set of the French Open final today was carrying the flag of F.C. Barcelona?