Franco Catalano
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60 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 26 Jun
Franco Catalano’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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for the first goal.
Because for the second one, I shout in a low voice, I don't know how that exists, but it occurs, while clenching my fist, and by the third Argentinian goal, I just jump and scream, while my colleagues laugh at me and celebrate with me.
The final is on a Sunday while I'm here in Milwaukee.
And the first thing I think when I notice this is I watch all the matches in Chicago.
If Argentina loses, I'm going to blame myself for the rest of my life.
I have to be honest, I have caught the World Cup fever finally.
So I ask a friend that lives in the city what are his plans.
He tells me he is going to watch the match with our first and second generation American Argentinians in a sports bar.
I go there and when I get there, what I see is unbelievable.
Everyone has Argentinian flags, Argentinian t-shirts, everyone is drinking mate, our national drink.
And it hits me.
I miss this.
It's true that I hate some of our national traits, like making everything about life or death, a matter of life or death, but it is part of who I am, my identity.
And instead of thinking about the things that I hate about my country, I should shift focus and think about the comforting facts around it, like that we are passionate about everything.
So I get to watch the final with them.
And as I leave that sports bar after the match, I understand two things.
In first place, that no matter how much I deny it, my culture will come back to me.
And the best thing I can do is represent it the best way I can.
And in second place, France.
Thank you.
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