In the Italian case, following the corruption scandals that have nearly sunk Il Calcio, Italy’s premier football league, the national team had to rehabilitate the game in the eyes of their fellow citizens. More globally, however, it is as if “Old Europe” had decided that it was time to set the record straight and prove more dynamic than the world’s emerging forces.
对于意大利而言，在几乎将意大利超级足球联赛毁于一旦的腐败丑闻之后，意大利国家队不得不在同胞们的心目中为这一运动平反。但是，就更为全球化的范围而言，这好像是“老欧洲”决定现在是拨乱反正、证明自己比世界上的新兴力量更为富有活力的时候了。