Europe deserves better than soccer. Soccer is an old, old game, 400 years old, right after Columbus sailed the ocean blue. There have been many, many improvements on it since then. It's like settling for a candle instead of a lightbulb.
Well, they already have Rugby, which is pretty popular.
Frankly, I'm not sure why soccer exists given the existence of Rugby.
Soccer exists because most Europeans and Latin Americans are afraid of hitting (those that aren't, have already emigrated to the US, Canada or Australia). Soccer allows them to run around looking pretty. *eg*