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Illustration by Connectas. Used with permission. This article was written by Carlos Gutiérrez and published in CONNECTAS on February 23, 2024. An edited version is republished in Global Voices under a media partnership. The attendees will never forget that soccer match on Saturday, February 10, between Deportivo Independiente Medellín (DIM) and Santa Fe. And not because of what happened on the field, but because of what was experienced in the stands. Young Sebastián Pamplona came to the stadium to fulfill his last wish: to see DIM, his favorite team from his birth country Colombia, play for th…