The decision was made “with the input of all the various offices around the world, ” he added, which include Madrid, Munich and Rome — located in three soccer-mad nations, it should be noted.

Robert说这项决策是“全球各个办事处共同讨论后做出的”，值得一提的是，这些办事处中包括马德里、慕尼黑、罗马，它们都是身处“我为球狂”的国度。

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South Africans are sports-mad, with soccer the most popular, especially among blacks, and cricket and rugby also followed passionately, predominantly by whites.

南非是酷爱体育之国，足球爱好者众多，其中特别是黑人居多。板球与橄榄球同样充满热度，爱好者主要是白人。

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Mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime, at the annual peak of soccer mania.

对足球狂热的父母容易在春天怀孕，因为那是一年中足球狂热的高峰期。

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It was not until the election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a soccer mad Corinthians fan, that the political will existed to reform the country's national obsession -- legislation followed in 2003 with mandatory relegation being introduced for the first time.

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Powell points out that most of the sales of the individual teams takes place in soccer-mad Europe.

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Africa and South America are two regions with soccer-mad populations who could benefit from a less hi-tech approach to following the games.

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