请高人帮我分析这个句子！making在这干嘛的？

European football is played in more than 80 countries, making it the most popular sport in the world.
句中的making是现在分词在此作状语吗？但现在分词作状语，逻辑主语应是句子主语，即European football，这里好像解释不通吧，否则it指代什么呢？
请高人指点！谢谢！

European football is played in more than 80 countries, (the fact that European football is played in more than 80 countries) making it (European football) the most popular sport in the world.

从句，making少which

做结果状语，动作发出者是前面整个句子所说的事实

yufeng8232165 wrote:
做结果状语，动作发出者是前面整个句子所说的事实

但是现在分词作状语，逻辑主语应是句子主语啊，难道逻辑主语也可以是前面整个句子吗？

eterne wrote:
European football is played in more than 80 countries, (the fact that European football is played in more than 80 countries) making it (European football) the most popular sport in the world.

句子意思我也是这样理解的，但是语法上仍有疑惑。
现在分词作状语，逻辑主语应该是句子主语啊，难道逻辑主语也可以是前面整个句子吗？

新用户 wrote:
句子意思我也是这样理解的，但是语法上仍有疑惑。
现在分词作状语，逻辑主语应该是句子主语啊，难道逻辑主语也可以是前面整个句子吗？

语法上没有问题的，就是这样的，在这里是作为结果状语吧。一般而言，现在分词作状语时的逻辑主语是与句子中的主语一致的，但是也有一些例外情形的，平时也常碰到，比如有些插入语的使用，最典型的是Generally speaking,...，还有就是比如Judging from her accent, she must be a southerner，总之吧，语法定义的概念涉及的是符合某种规律的集合，但，有规律总有例外。汗，怎么突然觉得你这个像是高考题啊[s:8]

新用户 wrote:
European football is played in more than 80 countries, making it the most popular sport in the world.
句中的making是现在分词在此作状语吗？但现在分词作状语，逻辑主语应是句子主语，即European football，这里好像解释不通吧，否则it指代什么呢？
请高人指点！谢谢！

句子语法应该有误。可以改成：
European football is played in more than 80 countries, which makes it the most popular sport in the world.

大家好利害。真牛啊。那么能分析语法。

在下只剩语感了, 语法早就还给老师了[s:9]

现在分词作状语
一，如果做伴随状语，则逻辑主语为句子的主语。
二：如果做结果状语。则不用考虑逻辑主语的问题。
就比如说写到有益效果时，A has the advantages of ......, thus making it....
加上thus感觉顺口了，不加也不错。