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标题：Tournament of losers

The World Cup is a festival for corporate has -beens

正文： Money, it is often said, has ruined football. Staging the men’s World Cup mostly in America, a country that has produced so many great businessmen and so few good footballers, was supposed to mark the triumph of big business over the beautiful game. True, ticket prices are extortionate.The tournament even feels like a Silicon Valley conference circa 2016: referees have cameras strapped to their heads and each player has his own “digital twin”,whatever that means. Yet despite the pretences of the tournament’s organisers, the business of World Cup football is a simple, struggling one. The retailers, television stations, brewers and betting houses that make up capitalism’s starting XI are an ageing and injury-prone lot. For some, this could even be their last tournament.

知识点：ruin v. /ˈruːɪn/
to damage something so badly that it no longer works, exists, or can be enjoyed properly. 毁坏；破坏；毁掉
e.g. A sudden heavy rain can easily ruin a carefully planned outdoor picnic in the park. 一场突如其来的大雨，很容易就能毁掉一场精心筹备的公园户外野餐。

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