I already tackled this. If you have a 5 to 1 ratio advantage, is only logical to have more contenders too.
And South America doesn't? Every ing team is compe ive here. There are no Macedonias, Faroe Islands, San Marinos, etc, here son. We don't get those semi amateur games you get pretty often on European qualifiers, tbh.
That speaks more about The Netherlands than anything else. When there's teams like Albania, Hungary or Austria and you didn't make it, you are the one in fault. You qualified to the WC out of 16, and you don't qualified to the Euros out of 24? You obviously regressed and don't deserved to be rated by anybody.
Brazil didn't send its 3rd team, tbh. It send its A team minus Neymar (And Douglas Costa who is injured). And the only reason for it is 'cause Barcelona made them choose between the CA and the Olympics. And Brazil preferred the Olympics 'cause they have never won it and its on their home soil.
Teams used to send lesser teams in some of the previous events 'cause the Copa America was played every 2 years. Now that is played every 4 years (except this special edition), everybody gives the tournament the importance it deserves: which is as important as any other confederation's cup (the Euro for you, the Copa de Oro for the CONCACAF teams, the African cup for the Africans, etc.). It's the second best tle you can win at the National team level.
Same happens with South America. Or do you really think a team like Poland is better than Ecuador?
That's 'cause your qualifing system isn't as fair as the CONMEBOL one. CONMEBOL qualifiers are like a mini-league. 10 teams playing each other home and away. Only the true best teams qualify. There's no flukey going on.
That's just not true. You just have to take a peak at the Euro and CA to contrast and see that's just not true. In the Euros everyteam plays a variation of 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 or 4-4-2. In CA, besides those formations, you have Mexico playing with 3 on the back, Bolivia playing 5-4-1, the typical Brazilian 4-2-2-2, Uruguay played 4-3-1-2 at some point.
And it's not even that. It's the styles too: In the Euro every game seems the same, tbh. Two generic teams with one of those default formations (4-3-3, 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2) playing an intenseless, inventiveless match. Where they just take turns watching the opponent's centre backs harmelessly pass the ball to each other untill they decide to hit a long ball and lose position.
Every Euro game, so far, has looked the same: a boring, no tension-having game between teams full of generic, robotic, no flair-having players.
I already explained this.
I already explained this too.
I never said this, tbh. Trust me, as one of the biggest EPL critics here, I know about this.
Games being boring as doesn't necessarily mean high level of compe ion either, tbh.
You find the Euro more interesting 'cause you are European son. Period. It's the same reason why I find the CA more interesting and
lefty finds suicide bomb-attacks interesting, tbh.
And that about Euro being a more "evolved, mature and finished product" is just pure European self-centered elitism, tbh.
That's not how you won us the last WC, tbh. You sent people forward and you were left in bad defensive positions many times (that's why Neuer made a name for himself with his sweeping abilities). But at the end your offensive, creative approach ended up playing in your favour. Just like it did for Spain in 2010. And how it does for teams like Barca, Madrid and Bayern in club play. More and more you have to display an offensive audacity to win games on today's football, tbh.
Those teams might (huuuuge might, tbh) end above Bolivia or Venezuela on a SA qualifier. They have no chance of finishing above any other team. And even finishing above those teams I metioned is highly doubtful because, for example, none of those teams you mentioned would have the home court adavantage Bolivia has, tbh.
Dude I have no problem admitting that Europe has 5 or 6 of the World's 7 or 8 elite NTs. I have no problem admitting that an European team winning a WC is more likely than a WC being won by a team form any toher continent. I have no problem admitting many things, that are actual facts.
My problem comes when folks start making re ed comments like "the euros are harder than the WC", or when they act like their lower tier teams are better than the lower tier teams from other confederations.
dumb s would be like: "we couldn't beat Slovakia, but that's OK 'cause Slovakia is an organized, compe ive team form Europe, the WC will be easier because we will be facing disorganized banana eater teams like Costa Rica." and then, they proceed to get anally ed by said team.
That kind of thinking just shows an enormous amount of ignorance son. Don't fall in that.
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