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Standing on seats, singing in bathrooms: How Argentine soccer 'craziness' overtook the Club World Cup

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Fans of Boca Juniors , Argentina 's biggest soccer club, came from near and far to spice up the Club World Cup .

They sang and sang, bounced and bellowed, in a way that no American football or basketball fan ever has.

They had cheered and chanted with all their might for over two hours .

Then, in the 84th minute of a chaotic match against Benfica , they sunk and went nearly silent.

The passion seeped into the soccer, down onto the field, where there were sideline kerfuffles and three red cards.

It hummed, and swayed, and filled the concourses, and even rang out of a men’s bathroom.

After 84 minutes , it took the ultimate gut punch, and it froze.

VR Score

66

Informative language

61

Neutral language

36

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

34

Offensive language

possibly offensive

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not hateful

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not detected

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Time-value

short-lived

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