Copenhagen vs Leverkusen: When Nordic Welfare Meets German Efficiency in a Post-Truth Europa League
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — On Thursday night the Parken Stadium will throb with the sort of optimism Scandinavians normally reserve for tax-return season. FC Copenhagen, a club whose annual budget is roughly what Bayer Leverkusen spends on sports-science smoothies, welcomes the newly-crowned “Neverlusen” for the first leg of a Europa League quarter-final. Bookmakers have installed the…