The history of soccer in China is longer than that in England.

中国足球的历史要比英国悠久。

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Scotland (苏格兰) and England played the first official (官方的) international soccer match in 1872. The score of the match was 0-0. About 4, 000 people enjoyed it.

苏格兰和英格兰在1872年进行了第一场官方的国际足球比赛。这场比赛的比分是0-0。大约四千人观赏了这场比赛。

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I had grown up in England and was genetically pre-conditioned to hate women's soccer.

我自小就在英格兰长大，对足球可以说是耳濡目染，这女子足球就更不在话下。

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