The line chart illustrates the number of football players involved in highly competitive matches from three European countries: Italy, England, and Germany, from 1980 to 2004.
Overall, it can be seen that Germany had the strongest development over the years, while Italy could not hold the champion position for long.
Firstly, Italy seems to have taken the lead in the first 6 years, beginning from 1980, with 35 percent of people who play for the top clubs. Then it peaked in 1986 when the professional players reached the highest point at about 37 percent. However, it started to fall until 2004, since the other countries improved their players.
On the other hand, England had a bit of a challenge when it started with 25 percent of high-level players in 1980 but suddenly went up in 1986 when Italy could not hold the lead anymore. It began to increase until it reached the highest score at roughly 35 percent in 2004. Finally, like England, Germany also had a low number of top players at the start, but as Italy’s period was over, it began to rise powerfully in 1986, and as a result, took the highest amount of top players with exactly 35 percent in 2004.