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A review by tbueno
Soccernomics by Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski
3.0
I like the way it mixes economics with soccer, gathering tons of data and reveling unexpected facts about Football.
I gave it a 3 stars because it is too England centered. I understand that the authors are more familiar with UK clubs and it is easier to get statistical data about Britain football, but it lacks a world context in a lot of the explanations.
Is that possible write about football without barely mention Brazil? A lot of the ideas described in the book simply don't apply to other countries. Use geographic/political context to explain how a nation is better that another in Europe may make sense, but it doesn't apply to countries like Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and even US.
I gave it a 3 stars because it is too England centered. I understand that the authors are more familiar with UK clubs and it is easier to get statistical data about Britain football, but it lacks a world context in a lot of the explanations.
Is that possible write about football without barely mention Brazil? A lot of the ideas described in the book simply don't apply to other countries. Use geographic/political context to explain how a nation is better that another in Europe may make sense, but it doesn't apply to countries like Argentina, Mexico, Brazil and even US.