Not everyone supports the country where they were born or grew up. Sometimes fans are won over by a player, place, population or style of playFootballers need to be born in a country or have a family tie to that place to represent them at the World Cup, but those rules do not apply to supporters. Sometimes fans are won over by a team, a star player or even a country. Here six fans tell us why they decided not to support the country of their birth and instead root for teams with whom they have no family ties. Continue reading…

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