For football lovers, FIFA (the governing body of international football) should have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize long ago. For others, exasperated by football and the emotions it stirs up, the sport is no longer a game, but a type of war that stokes the basest sort of nationalist emotions.
在足球运动中，失败并非万劫不复，但绝对激动人心。对足球爱好者来说，国际足联（国际足球运动的管理机构）老早就应该被授予诺贝尔和平奖。而在其他对足球及其激起的情感感到恼火的人看来，这项运动已经不再是一种比赛，而是一种战争，一种能煽起最低级的民族主义情感的战争。