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For the July 20, 2026, issue, Lorenzo Mattotti captured the joy and the dynamism of the beautiful game. According to the Italian artist, soccer is deeply personal. \u201cWhen I was little, I loved playing with my friends in the empty lots near my house until the sun went down,\u201d Mattotti recalled. \u201cWatching the World Cup on television with my brothers and all our friends was a magical ritual.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more How Worldy Is the World Cup?<\/a><\/p>\n

For more covers by Lorenzo Mattotti, see below:<\/em><\/p>\n

Find covers, cartoons, and more at the Cond\u00e9 Nast Store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fran\u00e7oise Mouly speaks with the artist Lorenzo Mattotti about his cover for the July 20, 2026, issue of The New Yorker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story"],"yoast_head":"\nLorenzo Mattotti\u2019s \u201cThe Beautiful Game\u201d - City Relocation News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityrelocationnews.com\/?p=981\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lorenzo Mattotti\u2019s \u201cThe Beautiful Game\u201d - City Relocation News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fran\u00e7oise Mouly speaks with the artist Lorenzo Mattotti about his cover for the July 20, 2026, issue of The New Yorker.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cityrelocationnews.com\/?p=981\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"City Relocation News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-18T11:34:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=981#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=981\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3e7ce0c0c60d21e12a5ac61fb2b786d4\"},\"headline\":\"Lorenzo Mattotti\u2019s \u201cThe Beautiful Game\u201d\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-18T11:34:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=981\"},\"wordCount\":98,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=981#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/2bf1b39ae4aab20f2d00620201f59dc6.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Cover Story\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=981#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=981\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=981\",\"name\":\"Lorenzo Mattotti\u2019s \u201cThe Beautiful Game\u201d - 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