The Football Issue # 40 Directors: Amaru Villanueva Rance and Ivan Rodriguez Petkovic. Partners: Jack Kinsella, Xenia Elsaesser, Sharoll Fernandez. Editorial Team: Amaru Villanueva Rance, Matthew Grace,Juan Victor Fajardo. Web and Legal: Jack Kinsella. Printing and Advertising Manager: Ivan Rodriguez Petkovic. Commercial Manager: Rodrigo Barrenechea, General Coordinator: Wilmer Machaca. Head of Production: Valeria Wilde. Production Team : Claudia Mendez Sanabria, Adriana Murillo Argandoña, Franz Schollaert Paz. Domestic Coordinator: Virginia Tito Gutierrez. Design: Michael Dunn Caceres. Journalists: Ollie Vargas, Alex Walker, Leo Nelson - Jones, and Inske Groenen. Our Cover: The Bx Crew Marketing: Xenia Elsaesser The Bolivian Express Would Like To Thank: Alexandra Meleán Anzoleaga, Gustavo Riveros (AKA el fantasma de la altura), La Altura, and Football, the most beautiful sport on planet Earth, Advertise With Us:
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[email protected] La Paz – Bolivia, June 2014 r:BolivianExpress i@Bolivianexpress www.bolivianexpress.org Huarikasaya Kalakataya 8 Beckham for Bolivar 10 Futsal 12 Tahuichi 14 Bolivian Football 16 Icons XI 18 For the Love of The Game 20 Evo 22 La Pelota No Dobla 24 Las 7 Ligas 26 Settling The Score 28 CONTENTS Oligarchs 30 Jaén 722 ... TNOCULTURAL CAFE in the most beautiful street of La Paz the first absinthe bar in the city contemporary culture since 2005 i no lo sientes, no lo entiendes’ -‘If you can’t feel it, you don’t understand it’-, goes the saying used by local football fans to explain why some people simply aren’t able to join in the passion for the world’s most popular sport.