wizards magicians and stars coming up now welcome to kickoff life. he is the new superstar billy philippe coccinea was the hottest transfer of the summer at his 1st team practice everyone was eager to see the brazilian in action especially sporting director has signed sally have a g.h. is happy to have him and continue. to get these this morning. and all the things that. he really had to. the fans are happy he's here as well as is the man whose number 10 shirt he inherits. this is a great footballer everyone knows that he's played for liverpool and arsenal are top quality guys to the top of his views on top drawer a target very creative and he makes a lot of good forward passes i think it really helped us that we have thanks to continue opines slightly shaky self-confidence of light is back to normal this

transfer ensures that the record champions are still right on track for their title ambitions. but i'm here to give it my best shot across the board still together with my team mates i want to help one try to win the bundesliga d.s.p. cup the champions league. is introduction by and paid an 8 and a half 1000000 euro loan fee to barcelona and have the options of buying him for $120000000.00 at the end of the season fresh from winning the cup of america with brazil he's the 13th brazilian to sign up in leading. me i discussed it with a few people just personally tiago who's also got a zillion passports and speaks portuguese spoke with freemium as well. and heard a lot of good stuff from lucio who also played here. judging by the 1st training session and the. other new colleagues seem to be settling in quickly. took her to

new york even paris it did feel that me and defenders benjamin power and lucas and manders by and invested almost 150000000 euros this summer. we are signing up to the french world cup winners for a world cup finalists in either and perish each and a freshly baked copa america winner plus 2 very talented up and coming prospects i think that's a decent mix we're very satisfied with it it's a free encroaching year they now have a world class playmaker said tee up the chances for 11 dark skin color the number 10 shirt really says it all. going for the buy in is a huge responsibility. start it's a club with a great tradition and this was robin should for years. he says his own benchmark in football yeah. it's a big responsibility. but hopefully i can just knuckle down and fulfill it only

expectations here. by a brilliant brazilian is expected to make quite a splash in munich but how he'll fit into nico coaches system remains to be seen. from the stars on the pitch to the fans in the stands which league stadiums have the highest attendance records and why we have the arts. imagine football without fans. absolutely unthinkable supporters are the heart and soul of the beautiful game but who are the most dedicated fans out there. everyone has their own opinion but more to the numbers say. which country has the best attendances which league attracts the most fans. we take

a closer look. here at the top 50 links worldwide the international center for sport studies recently came up with a study and ranked match attendance by country and league the 1st big surprise croatia is only 41st. a true footballing nation and sensational finalist of the 2018 world cup. but the effort skin national league doesn't reflect the international side success. only $2800.00 fans attend each game on average that's pretty poor and behind even england's 4th and germany's 3rd divisions but it's not that surprising if you take a closer look gracious is a small country with a population of 4000000 illegal only has 10 parts half the number europe's big leagues usually have. height of splits and dinamo zagreb are the only big names they have a fierce rivalry which often results in clashes with police but that rivalry hasn't

helped make the league competitive dinamo zagreb have been crowned champions in 9 of the last 10 seasons. let's move on and on to the next surprise in 13th place just ahead of russia and scotland is brazil. partner children benito nice to watch but not that successful the league doesn't even crack the top 10 with the stadiums empty and often in poor condition. in fact many brazilian stadiums are white elephants they were built for the 2014 world cup but since then they sat largely empty over the past 5 years brazilian syria matches could only attract 17000 fans on average take fluminense say for example one of rio's most famous clubs with a massive following their home stadium american 80000 but only 15000 turn out what happens in football in brazil. it's complicated and it's about more than

football for zille is in a state of political chaos the last 3 presidents were all involved in corruption scandals which in some cases even lead to jail time. and the new president j. and paulson out o. is dividing the country even further. corruption is widespread also in football the former presidents of brazil's football confederation and cardinal taisha resigned under a cloud of allegations. brazilians are sick of it and it's affecting their love of the beautiful game ahead of the $24000.00 world cup people took to the streets to protest against corruption and the waste of taxpayers' money to stage football's most famous competition of. polls taken ahead of the tournament suggested heart of brazilians weren't even interested. in may 20 1447 percent had little or no interest in the world cup 4 years later ahead of the

world cup in russia that figure rose to 63 percent devastating numbers for a country where football used to be a religion brazilians have fallen out of love with the solid south they want as successful as they used to be and they're losing interest in the league because they can't afford to go to games anymore and. ticket prices for big matches can range from $80.00 to $400.00 for city in her eyes which is between 15 and 19 year olds the country's minimum wage has only just increased to $998.00 ai's per month. which you spend half of your paycheck on just one game. you don't even get see brazil's most talented players because they will leave early to become stars in europe has legend zico put it it's the brazilian league's big problem. he said unless we stop the talent leaving the country we cannot revive football in brazil. let's break into the top 10 where

we find germany's 2nd division. the 2nd bonus league averages almost $19000.00 fans per match not bad that's better than the top divisions in big footballing countries like portugal and scotland why is that football has a long lasting tradition in germany and the 2nd division is a strong and well run league with many traditional clubs form of bundesliga winners and european champions for years the lakers have lucrative t.v. deals and is sold as the best 2nd division of its time a phrase that's been repeated so often by advertisers it's become a running gag among fans. just. as fans. next comes the netherlands and 9 and above them the united states. for some.

it seems like the u.s. is finally falling in love with soccer after years of being a sleeping giant of course the women's team woke up long ago when a full walk up titles with sides full of superstars 2. but now the men's game is on the rise to major league soccer's average attendance is already $21000.00 fans. in fact m.l.s. is the 2nd fastest growing league worldwide. and they have the cool kid on the block. atlantean knight and they were founded in 2017 and there's an unprecedented hype surrounding the club in their 2nd season atlantean ited won the m.l.s. title and had more than 51000 fans watching week in week out. united have the 10th highest average. attendance in world football beating out the

likes of celtic i.x. and man city. who's next france's and 7 behind china who would have thought that. the chinese super league is not only attracting stars but also more and more fans and now we're into the top 5 with italy. italian football is not in good shape there are problems everywhere you look. for starters the stadiums still operated and falling apart most of them were built in the 1st half of the 20th century and have barely been renovated since. women and children rarely attend games in italy because of the violent ultras. diehard fans some of them fascists have a lot of power sometimes even pulling the strings behind the scenes clashes are not unusual but in 2009 the government crackdown and introduce the tests that are there

to force. an id card to identify fans which is checked by police or security at the stadium entrance this all led to a decline in fan attendance syriac games only attract $23000.00 fans on average that's less than the mexican league and the league in spain. italian football is not what it used to be back in the ninety's and early 2000 when italian teams dominate in europe. in the ninety's italian clubs broke the world transfer record 6 times syria was the go to league the sickest of. the times have changed. of course this guidebooks the trend christiane over now though has made even stronger their perhaps the only healthy club left in italy with their stadium regularly sold out but dominance is not good for the. it all began canary one syria

8 times in a rug. italy is in 5th place but has been overtaken as we already said by mexico. but that shouldn't come as a surprise mexicans are football crazy. not only when it comes to their national team but with their league. match days are a $360.00 degree experience of mexican culture family food and football. the mexican league is considered the strongest in north america and it is highly competitive league amex has 2 tournament per season up a total and closer with one champion crowned in summer and one in winter this is common in latin america in the past decade 10 different clubs have won 8 of the africa to all clubs. with $26000.00 fans league and meckstroth the largest average crowd of any football league in the americas. that's almost as good as spain.

and la liga. time of the world's most famous clubs. and one of its greatest rivalries. the 3rd best attendance worldwide with 27000 fans on average. but spain has small it seems and stadiums than england. the premier league draws $37000.00 fans on average the league is followed worldwide and generates more than $2000000000.00 euros in television rights per year a record because really. the premier league is undoubtedly the best marketed league in the world. some say it's also the best thanks to the stadiums. and the stars.

but not when it comes to match attendance is. because number one is not the premier league but the german bundesliga. so why is the borders league in the clear winner. first of all tickets in germany are affordable that's probably the biggest difference to the premier league in the bundesliga the cheapest average match day ticket is just 15 year olds in england it's $34.00 more than twice the price. in germany you could even get some tickets for less than 10 euros and it hurts a violin kids under the age of 14 can get into the olympic stadium the frame. but it's not just the cheap tickets. the main factor is germany's modern stadiums germany has state of the art arenas with huge capacities they're simply bigger than

the ones in england. and. most of them were built all renovated for the 2006 world cup. the whole country was excited about hosting the tournament which gave football already the most popular sport in germany an even bigger boost. and that had an effect on the bundesliga as well some say germany has the best stadium atmosphere in europe definitely better than the premier. there is a longstanding tradition of fan culture and an active ultra scene in germany fans here have a saying. germany is the only top league in europe that has the 50 plus one rule which means that club members hold a majority of voting rights thereby retaining overall control and protecting their club from the influence of external investors the rule of many clubs in the premier league the bundesliga tracks more than 43000 fans on average 6000 more than any other league 5 german clubs are in the top. then when it comes to highest average

attendance dorman the top of the tree with 80000 fans on average even hamburg in stuttgart still attracts huge numbers despite being in the 2nd division. that's why germany has the best attended leagues in the world. quick question what is 24 times 48 no you can't calculate that's in your head well we can't say that but here is someone who can. we're talking about well i can gee this way since the national center back responsible for holding the back line alongside part models. he's one of germany's top center backs of recent news. i can definitely benefit from that experience. and also learn a lot just through helping each other out on the pitch but. we can also learn

something from him because it turns out he has quite a knack for numbers that's mastermind man well. i. wish my father to her father was always saying practice makes perfect. yeah it's just something i've been practicing since childhood this is. so i found it easy to work with numbers and take all sorts of things can number plates or whatever and do these calculations just for myself. since 2018 it's all working out to do and just well she's won it back on. in his 2nd full season at the club can she has a nailed down place in coach lucy in 5 years planning. and with his team mate.