It’s April 16, 2016. Ecuador suffers one of the most devastating catastrophes in its history when an earthquake shakes the Ecuadorian coast. Independiente del Valle, a young football team from the Sangolqui Valley, invents a new face for football by donating all the profits that came from Copa Libertadores’s ticket sales. The club joins the solidarity gestures of a united country. Soccer, for a moment, is empowered by a spirit that brings it closer to the realm of pure play.
What happens, then, when the game stops being just a game? Is something new invented?