Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
Simon Kuper / Stefan Szymanski
简介
Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn’t America dominate the sport internationally... and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style?
These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked.
answers them.
Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works,
reveals the often surprisingly counter-intuitive truths about soccer.