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Close Enough

"If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough." Robert Capa's famous words have influenced many photographers, but for Yuri Cortez, a photographer with Agence France-Presse, he lived them this week as he found himself at the center of the action.

Mario Mandzukic had just scored Croatia's second goal in the last minutes of the World Cup semifinal against England. As with any key goal — one that assured the team would advance to the next game, in this case the coveted final — the scorer and his teammates pile on one another, celebrating on the sidelines. This time, however, they piled on Cortez, who happened to be positioned there — an unwitting participant in the joyous huddle.

The best part: He kept on clicking pictures from under the pile, offering a unique angle on Croatia's victory, which, when you're surrounded by hundreds of other photographers, becomes a factor in your images being used over the countless others shot in the game's 120 minutes.

"It was a crazy moment," Cortez told the French newspaper Le Monde. "They were very happy. And at one point, they realized I was under them. They asked me if I was all right. One of them helped me with my lenses, another gave me a kiss."

There's no doubt that Cortez will remember that moment for the rest of his career — and his photos will live on as some of the most intense of the 2018 World Cup. - Olivier Laurent

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Cortez's colleague at Reuters, Carl Racine, captured the moment from his vantage point.

(Carl Racine/Reuters)

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