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Sisto: The Viking born in Africa

Soccer Football - World Cup - Group C - Denmark vs France - Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia - June 26, 2018 France's Raphael Varane in action with Denmark's Pione Sisto REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

As Pione Sisto trudged off the lush Luzhniki turf on Tuesday to make way for Victor Fischer in the 60th minute, Denmark fans got to their feet to applaud the boy born in Uganda to South Sudanese parents.

“We are the Vikings,” the Danes’ vocal cords roared — obviously a defiant call to fight steeped in the history of Scandinavians.

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