世界杯球隊(duì)身價(jià)幾許？

 How Much Are These Teams Worth?

It's not enough that, in terms of raw soccer talent, Spain may be twice as good as Paraguay, its quarterfinal opponent Saturday. It turns out the Spanish players are also worth about 10 times as much as the Paraguayans.
純粹按踢足球的才能衡量，西班牙可能比周六世界杯四分之一決賽中的對(duì)手巴拉圭要強(qiáng)一倍。不過(guò)這可能還不夠，要知道，西班牙球員的身價(jià)可是巴拉圭球員的約10倍。

With five players valued at more than $60 million each, Spain's players on average are worth a World Cup-high $38 million on the soccer-transfer market. That's easily the most in the tournament, according to Transfermarkt.co.uk, a website that uses factors such as player performance and marketing potential to approximate transfer-market values for every top player in the world. The second-most-valuable team, England, has players valued at an average of $27.6 million. The U.S. is 25th at $3.4 million, while North Korea and New Zealand are lowest at $637,000 and $788,000, respectively.
在足球轉(zhuǎn)會(huì)市場(chǎng)上，西班牙隊(duì)中有五名球員身價(jià)都在6,000萬(wàn)美元以上，全隊(duì)的平均身價(jià)為3,800萬(wàn)美元，為世界杯參賽球隊(duì)中最高的。據(jù)Transfermarkt.co.uk網(wǎng)站說(shuō)，這個(gè)身價(jià)在聯(lián)賽中遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)排在第一。該網(wǎng)站利用球員表現(xiàn)和市場(chǎng)潛力等因素來(lái)估算世界上每個(gè)頂尖球員的轉(zhuǎn)會(huì)市場(chǎng)價(jià)值。身價(jià)第二的球隊(duì)是英格蘭隊(duì)，球員平均身價(jià)為2,760萬(wàn)美元。美國(guó)則排在第25位，平均身價(jià)340萬(wàn)美元；而朝鮮排在倒數(shù)第一，平均身價(jià)63.7萬(wàn)美元；新西蘭排在倒數(shù)第二，平均身價(jià)78.8萬(wàn)美元。

Paraguay clocks in at a meager $3.8 million player average -- its most valuable players, Oscar Cardozo ($16.8 million) and Lucas Barrios ($14.8 million), are the only ones worth more than Spain's cheapest, substitute defender Carlos Marchena ($10.8 million). The most expensive Spaniard is midfielder Xavi Hernandez, valued at $87.4 million, and the tournament's most valuable is Argentina's Lionel Messi, who's worth $107.6 million.
巴拉圭球員平均身價(jià)只有可憐的380萬(wàn)美元，“最有價(jià)值球員”卡多索(Oscar Cardozo，身價(jià)1,680萬(wàn)美元)和巴里奧斯(Lucas Barrios，身價(jià)1,480萬(wàn)美元)也只是僅有的兩個(gè)身價(jià)高于西班牙隊(duì)中身價(jià)最低的球員、替補(bǔ)后衛(wèi)馬切納(Carlos Marchena，身價(jià)1,080萬(wàn)美元)的人。西班牙隊(duì)中最有價(jià)值的是中場(chǎng)球員哈維•赫爾南德斯(Xavi Hernandez)，身價(jià)8,740萬(wàn)美元，聯(lián)賽最有價(jià)值球員是阿根廷的梅西(Lionel Messi)，身價(jià)1.076億美元。

The underlying message is that the World Cup is no place for Cinderellas. Among the eight teams left, five are in the top 10 in terms of market value, and six of the bottom-seven teams made it out of the opening round. Maybe the Yankees should take a shot at this soccer thing.
這其中暗含的信息是世界杯不是為灰姑娘們準(zhǔn)備的。在八強(qiáng)中，有五支球隊(duì)位列市場(chǎng)價(jià)值最高的10支球隊(duì)之列，價(jià)值最低的七支球隊(duì)中有六支在小組賽中沒(méi)能出線。或許美國(guó)人應(yīng)該在足球上試試運(yùn)氣。