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A comment on Lionel Messi Is Impossible (2014). Parent comment

Re:Lionel Messi Is Impossible (2014) by wkat4242 on Monday December 19, 2022 @06:25AM (#34050900)
So the second "F" in "FIFA" stands for "Soccer"? ;)
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Re:Lionel Messi Is Impossible (2014) by umanwizard on Monday December 19, 2022 @07:47AM (#34051415)
No, it stands for "football", which is what soccer is called in French.

FIFA is "Fédération internationale de football association".

I never claimed that French people couldn’t call things whatever they like in their own language :)

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