How Algeria won over a Kansas town – and became the World Cup’s unlikeliest love affair | Algeria football team

You’ve probably seen it by now: The video of a sweet elderly man overcome with emotion, standing outside in the rain and thunderstorms of Lawrence, Kansas, as Algeria arrived at their base camp.

The video and several more have gone viral as the surprise love affair of the World Cup has emerged from what seems like the unlikeliest of places – at least to those on the outside.

Algeria and…