The line graph compares the average number of spectators attending high-level football matches across three European nations between 1980 and 2004. Overall, the number of people who attended football matches in England and Germany increased over the period, while Italy followed the opposite trend. Additionally, Italy stood out among other nations with significantly higher figures at the beginning.
England and Germany showed increases their attendance in football matches. In 1980, 27,000 people participated in a football competition in England, slightly more than those attended in Germany, at 25,000. After that, the number of people who participated in football matches in Germany saw a rise to a staggering 28,000 and that for England decreased to 25,000 in 1998. In the final year, there was a sharp increase in both countries, England and Germany, with the former showing 35,000 while the latter almost the same.
Italy, on the other hand, bucked the trend. In 1980, the number of people who participated in football matches started at 35,000, a figure that then fell significantly to 30,000 in 1992. After another decrease, the attendance at a football competition in this country stood at just 25,000 in the last year.