More Than a Game: A father’s perspective on the CANMNT at the World Cup

“You owe me 5 bucks if I get Messi in this next pack!”, Patrick said.

“Fine - there’s no way you’re going to get Lionel Messi in this pack,” I responded.

Guess what - he got Lionel Messi and I was $5 poorer. Well played, son.

That exchange was from my son and I’s Panini World Cup Sticker odyssey a week or so ago. I spent too much money buying two boxes of Panini stickers - each box contains 50 packs of five stickers each.