As a commentator on international politics, it is naturally tempting to draw some trite geopolitical lesson from the World Cup. There are those who believe that the unexpected early elimination of France and Italy at this year's tournament is a parable of the decline of Europe. A commentator in El País, a Spanish paper, claims that England's loss to Germany over the weekend reflects Thatcherism's demoralising effects on the English proletariat. (And there was I thinking that it had something to do with lumbering centre-backs and a disallowed goal.)
作为国际政治评论员，我自然会忍不住想从世界杯中总结一些老套的地缘政治教训。有些人认为，法国和意大利队在今年的世界杯上出人意料地早早被淘汰，象征着欧洲的衰落。西班牙报纸《国家报》(El País)的评论员宣称，英格兰败给德国，反映了撒切尔主义消磨英国工人阶级意志的不利影响。（而我看来，行动迟缓的中后卫和那粒无效进球要负一定责任。）
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