ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 4月19日 11時26分

There can be a strange air to soccer played not for points or for trophies, but for its own sake. Think flat, rootless preseason tuneups, or international friendlies, where mindless waves sweep through indifferent crowds. To most fans, those occasions are something to be endured before the real business — soccer for a purpose — can start again. Games between teams made up of retired players should, if anything, be worse, even more meaningless. And yet, one afternoon in Liverpool in March, nearly 55,000 people were there when the former @リヴァプールFC defender Bjorn Tore Kvarme scored the game's final goal. These days, lots of clubs stage veterans’ games in support of charitable foundations, and a raft of organizations and tournaments have sprung up to meet the rising demand. And for the players it can mean bringing back camaraderie. “You do not earn a fortune for playing in these games: maybe a bit of spending money for while you are there,” said Viv Anderson, once of @マンチェスター・ユナイテッド and @サッカー イングランド代表チーム. “But it means you can speak to people you have not spoken to for years, and to live the same life you had 20 years ago, even if it’s just for a few days.” @andrew_testa took this photo of fans before. match between former #Liverpool and #BayernMunich players. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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