足球与数学,似乎风马牛不相及,但在2002年却有两件令国人振奋的大事,中国男子足球队首次入围世界杯决赛圈和代表数学届最高水准的国际数学家大会在中国召开,笔者以为,足球与数学总有一些共同的地方,譬如说学习方法,有人说米卢神奇,倒不如说米卢改变了中国球员的传统思维方式及踢球时的心态,正如米卢所倡导的“网式足球”游戏一样,数学也 Football and mathematics seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in 2002 there were two major events that inspired the Chinese people. The Chinese men’s soccer team was nominated for the first time in the World Cup finals and the international mathematicians conference representing the highest level of mathematics was held in China. The author believes that football and mathematics always have some common places, such as learning methods. Some people say that Millu is miraculous. It would be better to say that Milu changed the Chinese players’ traditional way of thinking and the mentality of playing, as Milu advocated. Like “soccer” games, mathematics also