How Soccer Explains the World by Franklin Foer
9 out of 10In a personal journey through the Balkans, northern UK, central Europe, England, Brazil, eastern Europe, Italy, Spain, the Middle East and the US, Foer discusses:
●Violent hooligan gangs in the former Yugoslav nations.
●A bitter drunken rivalry between Protestant Glasgow and Catholic Belfast. ●Jewish and antisemitic teams.
●Sentimental Chelsea hooligans. ●The failure of the Brazilian league to grow due to municipal cronyism.
●Nigerian players accepting contracts to play in the Ukraine.
●The Italian expectation of corruption through media, politics and mafia.
●A political divide between Catalan Barca and Castilian Real Madrid.
●The Ayatollah and clerics' ability to reverse much of the Shah's modernizations, except soccer.
●Yuppie soccer fans verses baseball traditionalists and physical football aficionados in America.