2019欧冠赛刚刚落下帷幕。《足球经济》作者、FT专栏作家西蒙.库珀认为,气候与地理条件让西欧成为世界上国与国之间交流最丰富便捷的地区。这种交流曾经催生了十六七世纪的科技革命,现在则提高了整个地区的足球竞技水平。全文共384个单词。Western Europe has just 5% of the world’s population, but it now dominates football.西欧虽然仅占世界人口的5%,在足球运动上却占据绝对优势地位。Screenshot: UEFA Champion LeagueWhen Stefan Szymanski and I published the first edition of our book Soccernomics in 2009, we assumed this dominance would decline, and that other regions would catch up. But it hasn’t happened. 当我和席曼斯基在2009年推出第一版《足球经济学》时,我们预计西欧的足球优势会有所下降,其它地区会逐渐赶超,但这
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