足球何以有如此巨大的魅力,能令无数人竞折腰?除了这项运动本身紧张激烈的对抗性、战术配合的多变以及球星出神入化的技术等表面因素之外,它还代表了些什么?对于足球我们到底了解多少,如果我们在谈论阵容、球星的同时不结合它背后的文化背景就无法领略足球的真谛;如果足球的影响只存在于球场和比赛中,那么就辜负了它全球第一运动的美名。在当今这个正变得越来越小、联系更加紧密的世界里,各种文化相互渗透影响,世界好像趋于一体化了,足球也不例外。足球这个全世界无数人为之疯狂的有趣的运动折射出世间万物的本来面目,它的意义已经超越了单纯的体育运动的含义。本书作者意识到要完成足球全球化这样一个主题,是一项艰巨的任务,需要遍历世界各地,观看许多足球比赛、球队的训练,采访心目中的英雄。为此,作者辞去了美国《新共和国》杂志的职务,花费了八个月的时间,逐一参观了其一直以来就想要一见的球场。在这八个月的旅途中,作者试图通过足球这一媒介——包括球迷、球员以及比赛战术——来思考人们如何在新纪元中给自己定位。这是一本有关足球文化的书,作者带领我们畅游世界著名足球俱乐部、拜会大牌球星和狂热的球迷,同时讲述了隐藏在足球 Why football so great charm, can make countless people competing for the waist? In addition to the intense tension of the sport itself, tactical cooperation with changing and superb star technology and other surface factors, it also represents what? For How much football we know, if we talk about the lineup, the star without the cultural background behind it can not understand the true meaning of football; if the impact of football exists only in the stadium and the game, it lives up to its first movement in the world The name of the United States. In today’s increasingly smaller and more connected world, cultures interact with each other and the world seems to be converging. Soccer is no exception. Football is a crazy and fascinating movement of countless people all over the world. It reflects the true colors of the world and has gone beyond the meaning of simple sports. The author of this book realizes that such a theme of globalization of football is a daunting task. It requires traversing the world, watching many football matches, team training, and interviewing heroes in mind. To this end, the author resigned as New Republic magazine and took eight months to visit the stadium she had always wanted to see. During this eight-month journey, the author attempts to think of how people position themselves in this new millennium through the medium of football - including fans, players and game tactics. This is a book on football culture, the author led us to tour the world famous football club, meet big-name players and fanatical fans, at the same time about the hidden in football