The given line chart illustrates how many participants in high-level soccer matches in three distinct European nations between 1980 and 2004.
Overall, there was a decrease in the number of attendees in top-level football matches in Italy, with the most dramatic decline being seen in the latter, making it the lowest figures by the end of the period. Meanwhile, the figure for England and Germnay mostly showed the same trend over the given timeframe.
Looking at the chart in more detail, in 1980, both England and Germany saw lower number of people attending top-level football matches than that of Italy, with negligible figures of nearly 25 people, each. Over 6 years, the figure for England and Germany bottomed out at 23 and 19 people respectively, after which increasing significantly and surpassing that of Italy, both of which reached at nearly 35 people in 2004.
Meanwhile, in the first year, Italy was leading average attendance, with the largest figures of 35 people. In 1986, the figure for Italy rose slightly to around 37 people, at which point, decreasing consistently to 25 people and becoming the lowest figures at the end of the period.