Today, most of the elite players from all 32 countries at the World Cup play each other every week in European pro leagues — for which the tournament is simply a punctuation mark between seasons.

现如今，汇聚世界杯来自32个国家的顶尖高手，大多数人每周都要在欧洲职业联赛上你来我往，擦枪走火一番——如此一来，世界杯简直就可称得上是两赛季间的一个标点符号。

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