Va-Va-Voom wrote:Jesus Christ UFGN, first you maintained you couldn't have referees from countries of qualified teams and now this.
On this one I'm not taking the blame lol
I was sure I had a good source
The other incident was a shocker
by UFGN » Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:23 am
Va-Va-Voom wrote:Jesus Christ UFGN, first you maintained you couldn't have referees from countries of qualified teams and now this.
by LMAO » Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:51 am
elkanofan wrote:UFGN wrote:Fourth all Europe WCF in a row
RIP South American football
come on UFGN where is your memory? Argentina got to the final in 2014! You mean fourth European winner in a row
But still here is a good topic for debate. South American football your right is falling behind Europe and it's defensively for me which is the main issue bar Uruguay but the other issue is depth of talent.
Brazil have a wealth of attacking players but aren't producing Modric/De Bruyne like playmakers anymore, instead every player is an explosive attacker which was their issue vs Belgium, they had nobody to really dictate the game. Defending in general there is still quite dirty but very poor quality. Most good South American defenders usually leave their native countries early to develop discipline which they aren't getting in South America.
I look at Argentina who have no good defenders, including Otamendi who isn't a good defender and who are they developing? Wheres another defensive mid emerging from? Everything is attack!! Also Colombia and Uruguay as you saw, take out one or their only star man and their level drops like a stone!
Since 1958 no South American team has ever won the World Cup in Europe!!! Infact only Brazil in 1998 and Argentina in 1990 have even got to the final since then in Europe so this has been a trend for a European team to usually win in Europe.
by Nuggets » Mon Jul 16, 2018 6:56 am
by Angelito » Mon Jul 16, 2018 10:28 am
LMAO wrote:Imo, one reason Europe has been so dominate is there are simply more teams in the WC, so it's statistically more likely a European team will win (or have a deep run) than any other region.
UEFA generally dominates European World Cups, with CONMEBOL, CONCACAF, AFC, and CAF doing relatively well in non-European WCs. Going by history, there should be more variety in 2022 and 2026.