The graph provides data on how many football fans visited high quality matches in three different countries between 1980 and 2004.
Overall, there was an upward trend for German and English visitors, while the reverse was true for Italian ones. Moreover, Italy was overtaken by other both countries at the end of the period.
Focusing on lines increased. In 1980, there was a slight decrease in the number of spectators in England and Germany from around 25000 till approximately 23000 and 19000 respectively. Then, both countries witnessed a gradual growth to just under 35000 after passing 18 years. England got the first rank with a small distance from Germany in 2004
With regard to Italy, the viewers of football matches went up slowly by 2000 till 37000 in first 6-years period. However, they experienced a drastic decline to 25000 in 2004. In 1998, Italy got the last rank in this figure.
