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...same can be said of the entire squad. Japan plays extroverted football, displaying not just rigid discipline but poetry, creativity and opportunism. "They do what they want to do quite freely," says Yasuhiko Okudera, Japan's first great soccer player who made his mark in the German Bundesliga in the 1970s. Now 50, Okudera is naturally thrilled for Japan, though he's not quite sure what to make of the Cup team personalities. "One of my German friends asked me, 'Why do they dye their hair like that?' I didn't know what to tell him," Okudera says...
...their trade. They also frequently check in on Italy's Serie A, to follow the progress of David Trezeguet, Lilian Thuram and Vincent Candela. Then there's Spain's Primera Liga, which includes maestro Zinedine Zidane, Claude Makelele and Philippe Christanval. Oh. And don't forget the German Bundesliga, home of Bixente Lizarazu and Youri Djorkaeff. Les Bleus, as the French national team is commonly known, are scattered across Europe's best leagues. Keeping the first-XI regulars company in foreign lands are a phalanx of up-and-comers that, by common consent among the game's pundits, represent...
Wilkins is not Germany's only imported basketball player. Nearly every one of the 16 teams that make up the Bundesliga, or major league, has at least one American in the lineup. He is usually the star. The same is true for semi-pro teams in Spain, Italy, Belgium and France. With basketball rapidly becoming a big attraction in Europe, more than 150 Americans have signed...