Why Mark Bosnich thinks holding the World Cup in Qatar could be good
The legendary Australian goalkeeper has endured his share of controversy in the public spotlight, and hopes the contest will shine a light on inequality.
Wandering down central Sydney’s Clarence Street to meet Australian soccer legend Mark Bosnich for a pre-Qatar World Cup lunch, my mental checklist of big topics to knock off in our chat is interrupted by the realisation that the man universally known as Bozza has arrived early.
Casually propped outside the entrance of Italian restaurant Machiavelli, puffing on a cigar, is the unmistakable frame of a man who many say was the best goalkeeper in the English Premier League for a few heady years around the turn of this century.
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