Why is Latin American football so powerful?

1. The figure below shows the number of times that countries have qualified for the World Cup.

Besides Europe, there are Latin America: Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Colombia.

I think on the one hand, there are their physical fitness, diet, ethnic advantages and other reasons.

On the other hand, I think the football tradition is very important, which has a lot to do with Portugal and Spain. The indigenous people in Latin America are Indians. Portugal and Spain colonized Latin America for two or three hundred years, and many cultures have been integrated into Latin America.

Two. Latin America

Latin America (Latin America for short; English: Latin America; ; Spanish: Amrica Latina or Latinoamrica) refers to the American region south of the United States and the continent between 3242 north latitude and 5654 south latitude. Including Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. As far as Latin America is concerned, English and Latin are dominant, because this region belongs to the Latin family. So many countries south of the United States are called Latin American countries, and this area is called Latin America.

Latin America faces the Atlantic Ocean in the east and the Pacific Ocean in the west, with a total length of 1 1000 kilometers. The widest point from east to west is 5100km, and the narrowest point is the isthmus of Panama, which is only 48km wide. There are Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea in the north. It covers an area of 20.567 million square kilometers. The population in 2008 was 577 million. Mainly indo-European mixed-race and mixed-race, followed by blacks, Indians and whites.

Third, history.

In fact, from the perspective of the process of independence of North and South America, there have been differences. The independence of North America was achieved through a bloody battle with the British Empire, while the independence of South American countries was triggered by Napoleon's destruction of the suzerain countries Spain and Portugal 30 years later. Just like giving birth to a child, North America is a natural birth, and South America is a caesarean section. When America became independent one after another, South America's land, minerals, population and other resources far exceeded North America's, and the two founding fathers, Bolí var and San Martin, also lost to Washington. Both of them imitated Washington and hoped to establish a United States of South America. However, due to the limitations of natural conditions in South America, especially the different systems pursued by countries, the results are completely different. Although North America was also in a colonial state before independence, it was under the responsibility of the governor, while South America was directly under the jurisdiction of the suzerain countries Spain and Portugal. Therefore, the grass-roots system in North America inherited the merchant society formed by British taxpayer autonomy, and South America followed the feudal landlord society.

Different social grass-roots systems have also formed different social forms and different cultural characteristics, which are also reflected in sports. The United States has developed a more liberal movement. Even football is the so-called American football, that is, rugby, but real football is not valued. South America, on the other hand, on the basis of feudal landlord society, although it later embarked on the road of democracy, it retained some past traditions, including the love of football.