In the previous chapters, the author has mentioned many times that the most suitable population for a country or region to develop football is 50 million, and the larger or smaller the figure from 50 million, the greater the dilemma of developing football. For example, Brazil, with a population of up to 210 million, is still a football kingdom, while the Netherlands, Portugal and Belgium, with a population of 16 million, 11 million and 10 million respectively, are not weaker than England with a population of just 52 million, even Croatia with a population of more than 4 million and Uruguay with a population of more than 3 million are also terrifying powerhouses in world football.

However, what the author wants to say is that the most suitable population for a country or region to develop football is still 50 million, England's population of 52 million and Spain's population of 48 million are the closest to 50 million this data, of course, Germany, France, Italy and Argentina Although their populations are larger than 50 million, this does not prevent them from becoming the world's top football powers.

And why does the author have a soft spot for the figure of 50 million people?

This is because, among the 50 million people, there are 2,500 people who are suitable for professional team sports, these 2,500 people, can form about 90 football teams, 90 football teams, it is precisely the most suitable number of professional football pairs in a football professional league, England has 92 professional teams, English football in most aspects, can be called the benchmark of world football, in addition to its record.

50 million people to develop football, not only to ensure that there are enough talents, but will not waste talents, Germany has a population of 82 million, but the demand for professional players in German football is not as much as England, even if Germany can increase the demand for professional players, at most it is the same level as England, in the final analysis, Germany will still waste some football talents, of course, even if Germany wastes about 1500 talents suitable for football, German football is still at the top of the world football pyramid.

Brazil, with a population of up to 2.5 times that of Germany, is also facing the problem of where to go with talent, in order to solve this problem, Brazilians pioneered the invention of the state league system, if Brazil's football league system is like England or Spain, then the demand for professional players in the Brazilian football market is only about 2,500 people, but Brazil has 10,500 people suitable for professional football, so there are 75% of people who are suitable for professional football, will miss out on the professional league.

Under the state league system, each state in Brazil has its own professional league, and each state has a different number of professional teams, some states have more, some states have less, regardless of the number of professional teams in each state, add up, Brazil has a total of more than 300 professional teams, and the demand for professional players has reached more than 9,000 people.

When human beings develop a career, they always have a spiral of 'encountering problems, solving problems, encountering problems again, and solving problems again', and the same is true for Brazilian football, which solves the problem of where to go for talents, and Brazilian football encounters new problems, so what is the problem?

There are too many strong teams in the Brazilian league, and there are too many talents for the national team to choose from.

Perhaps the reader will say, these two questions are also called questions? Isn't it a good thing to have more strong teams in the league? Isn't it also a good thing that the national team has too many talents to choose from?

In fact, it is too much to do anything, there are too many strong teams, too many talents, and sometimes, it is really not necessarily a good thing.

Football is one of the two most physically demanding team sports in the world, the other being rugby, which can also be considered a variant of football.

We can take a look at several major team sports, the degree of physical exertion, basketball and ice hockey are roughly similar to the physical exertion of physical energy, the NBA league and the NHL league (ice hockey) in the United States, the regular season is 82 rounds per season, the regular season needs to be played in 6 months, and the NBA often plays five games a week, and the players play back-to-back games, and they can barely hold on. The NBA and NHL playoffs have four rounds with a maximum of seven rounds each, so it is certain that the NBA and NHL winning teams will play more than 100 games in a game.

As for baseball, playing baseball is simply like traveling, the United States Baseball League-M.LB, its regular season, has as many as 162 rounds, readers are not mistaken, the author did not play one more 1, the M.LB League regular season is as many as 162 rounds, and it needs to be played in 6 months, which is almost equivalent to playing one game a day. Friends who are not familiar with baseball can go and watch the video of baseball games, in the process of baseball games, most of the time, one person plays there, and a bunch of people watch from other positions on the field, so that professional baseball games can be played one day a day.

As for the professional leagues of football and rugby, generally speaking, two games a week is already the limit of professional players, the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the three major leagues have only 20 teams, and the Brazilian league has only 20 teams, 20 teams, for the top league, it is already the limit, and the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and the giant teams of the Brazilian League, there are still continental competitions to play, in addition, excellent football players also have to play national team games, therefore, professional football players, a season can play 60 games, His physical fitness is superb.

The NFL of the American Football League, its regular season, only 16 rounds, why only 16 rounds, is because the football game is too physically demanding, the NFL headquarters wants to increase the regular season to 18 rounds, and the players are scolding, which shows how serious the physical consumption of American football games is.

In addition, in football and rugby, the players play strong teams in a row, which will be a great physical challenge, and the more strong teams in a football professional league, the more tired the players will play, and the competitiveness of the league will be greatly affected, as is the case in the Premier League.

The Premier League not only has a more balanced strength of each team, but also has too many strong teams, which leads to all teams in the Premier League playing very tired, so when the Premier League team arrives in the Champions League and the Europa League, the Premier League team always can't lift the spirit, but it is Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern, who are used to abusing vegetables in their home leagues, have endless energy when they arrive in the Champions League.

If the Premier League can be called a 'strong team', there are 6 teams, then there are at least 15 teams that can be called strong teams in the Brazilian League, in the Brazilian League, there are the 'four giants of São Paulo' - Sao Paulo, Santos, Corinthians and Palmeiras, there are the 'four giants of Rio' - Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco da Gama and Botafogo, there are 'three giants of Rio Grande do Sul' - Gremio, Brazil International and Juventude, there are ' Minas Gerais' duo - Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro, as well as Fortaleza, Atlético Goiânia, Atlético Paranaense, Sporting Recife...... And so on and so forth, and even the Brazilian Second League, there is a large number of world-renowned clubs hidden.

It is not an exaggeration to use 'top ten for the championship, the last ten relegation' to describe the Brazilian league, the Argentine giants River Plate have been relegated, which is a big news that the Arab League has not encountered in a century, but Sao Paulo, Santos, Flamengo and Gremio have been relegated, and it has long been commonplace in the Brazilian league.

So, is this phenomenon reasonable in the Brazilian league? Is it good for the development of football?

The answer is all no.