Football has often been called a substitute for war – a symbolic, more or less peaceful, way to fight out international rivalries. The fans of national sides are actors in a kind of patriotic carnival, dressed in the costumes of their national stereotypes: English fans as medieval knights, the Dutch in clogs, the Spanish as bullfighters.
足球常被称为战争的替代品——是一种战胜国际对手的比较和平的象征性方式。对阵双方球迷是爱国狂欢节上的演出者，身着本民族特有的传统服饰：英国球迷打扮成中世纪的骑士，荷兰球迷脚上穿着木屐，西班牙球迷则扮作斗牛士。不难理解的是，德国球迷在民族象征主义方面有一些问题，但我看到有几位德国球迷身着准巴伐利亚式的礼服。最幽默化妆奖必须颁给身着教皇和红衣主教服饰的意大利球迷。