Football remains a game for the people, like many of us who played this beautiful sport when it was considered a sport of hooligans and bandits. Now it is a passion that goes beyond that, — said Magter. Jesús López, a Panamanian social psychologist. Today, the national team's qualification for the FIFA World Cup galvanizes and glorifies the nation. We are advancing as a society. Photo EFE—————————————-Panama Afro ObservatoryThe publicationFootball: 'a sport of hooligans'was first published in La Verdad Panamá.
Football: 'a sport of hooligans'
Panamanian social psychologist Jesús López on how football evolved from a hooligan's sport into a national passion that unites the country after the national team's World Cup qualification.