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Assumptions. Here's one, competition for places would make small countries give up on the WC qualification dream and hence blow up the competition you're calling for.
Im not denying that while you deny that the amount of improvement in their play is enormous. Just take a look at those countries 20-30 years ago and compare them to the current status. It's huge improvement by all means and FIFA does in fact realize that. Don't fuckin expect an Argentina or a Brazil same level teams here but talk about improvement which certainly is the biggest compared to all the other federations keeping in mind that professional football is also somewhat new in the continent with many countries experiencing that just 5-8 years ago and those were the first to do that too.
Add to that the fact that Australia is a new AFC member that added a new dimension to that federation without any new amount of seats being introduced to the federation.
And Im sure you'll be surprised this WC by teams like N.Korea and Australia.
Im not denying that while you deny that the amount of improvement in their play is enormous. Just take a look at those countries 20-30 years ago and compare them to the current status. It's huge improvement by all means and FIFA does in fact realize that. Don't fuckin expect an Argentina or a Brazil same level teams here but talk about improvement which certainly is the biggest compared to all the other federations keeping in mind that professional football is also somewhat new in the continent with many countries experiencing that just 5-8 years ago and those were the first to do that too.
Add to that the fact that Australia is a new AFC member that added a new dimension to that federation without any new amount of seats being introduced to the federation.
And Im sure you'll be surprised this WC by teams like N.Korea and Australia.
Europe, Africa and South America should organize their own Cup.
Now that will be a great tournament.
Maybe they should give one or two spots to the rest of the world so they could call it a world cup. Mexico should get a spot too and the rest of the world can fight in qualifiers for the final spot.
Lets make a petition and send it to FIFA
Now that will be a great tournament.
Maybe they should give one or two spots to the rest of the world so they could call it a world cup. Mexico should get a spot too and the rest of the world can fight in qualifiers for the final spot.
Lets make a petition and send it to FIFA
I don't expect an Argentina or Brazil level team. I just want them to once, go to the world cup without getting humiliated by 3-4 sometimes even 8 goal margins. When was the last time an Asian team didn't get humiliated in a WC?
Oh and i won't be surprised by Australia, they aren't even supposed to be in Asia. They're a decent team nevertheless, its teams like Saudi Arabia(even though i like and support them) Iran and North Korea that make me laugh. In fact sometimes teams like UAE and Kuwait make it too. Needless to say they always get humiliated and go out early.
Oh and i won't be surprised by Australia, they aren't even supposed to be in Asia. They're a decent team nevertheless, its teams like Saudi Arabia(even though i like and support them) Iran and North Korea that make me laugh. In fact sometimes teams like UAE and Kuwait make it too. Needless to say they always get humiliated and go out early.
The current Serbian team's only achievement is qualifying for the world cup, but that doesn't mean that they too aren't one of the best in Europe currently.
I said that this Croatian team is among the best 10-12 in Europe right now, and it is.
Spain, Portugal, France, Holland, England, Germany and Italy are the traditional giants (well, Portual are among the giants in the last 10 years). 7 teams
The others change.
Russia, Ukrain, Serbia, Czech Republic, Romania, Ireland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Norway.
I think that right now Croatia is among the best 3-5 from this list (excluding the top 7).
I said that this Croatian team is among the best 10-12 in Europe right now, and it is.
Spain, Portugal, France, Holland, England, Germany and Italy are the traditional giants (well, Portual are among the giants in the last 10 years). 7 teams
The others change.
Russia, Ukrain, Serbia, Czech Republic, Romania, Ireland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Norway.
I think that right now Croatia is among the best 3-5 from this list (excluding the top 7).
I've been following Japanese football for a while now, and even since the 90s they have made massive, massive improvements and could be a force if they concentrated slightly less on the technical aspect and more on the physical and mental side of the game. Technically they are superior to many sides in Europe, the northern European sides in particular, but they need more physically competitive players like Tulio Tanaka and to develope more clinical strikers, they are all small, skillful forwards akin to the problem that Portugal have had for many years.
People talk a lot about African teams possibly winning the World Cup soon, and that is because they see their players regularly as they have chances to play at the top level which improves them. Asian players don't have the same chances, they don't come through European systems like many African players, and there are relatively few European ties that African players benefit from.
People talk a lot about African teams possibly winning the World Cup soon, and that is because they see their players regularly as they have chances to play at the top level which improves them. Asian players don't have the same chances, they don't come through European systems like many African players, and there are relatively few European ties that African players benefit from.
This Egyptian team(while i recognize that they are at the end of their careers unlike Croatia's younger team) have won the African Nations Cup three consecutive times, they are at the very least one of the top 3 African teams in the past few years. So tell me why is it so far fetched when i say i believe they are capable of beating Croatia.
But that's pretty much giving the spot to the Europeans as obviously over two legs they will have the upper hand over a side like North Korea. Perhaps not so much in a single match.
Didn't North Korea qualify as the number two from Asia? If so, then why should they have to play a knockout?
This just sounds like a European ploy to get more spots.
Didn't North Korea qualify as the number two from Asia? If so, then why should they have to play a knockout?
This just sounds like a European ploy to get more spots.
Mate, Japan isn't even that better than West Asian teams like Saudi Arabia and Iran, let alone African teams. Japan while possibly being the best Asian team in the last decade, i feel gets a bit overrated sometimes, i don't regularly watch or follow Japanese football, but i do watch them play in the Asian Cup and i do watch them play in qualifiers whenever they play an Arab team. Did you watch them in the last Asian Cup? They were an ordinary team.
They can beat us. They beat Italy so why not Croatia.
But we are stronger.
If this generation was so good they'd have made at least one WC appearance. They're winning the African Cup only because the African star players, none of which is an Egyptian, don't even give a damn about that competition in the middle of the season.
But we are stronger.
If this generation was so good they'd have made at least one WC appearance. They're winning the African Cup only because the African star players, none of which is an Egyptian, don't even give a damn about that competition in the middle of the season.
Nope.
In Asia they play three rounds of qualifiers, in the third and final round there are only 10 teams remaining. They divide them into two groups of five. The first two qualify directly for the WC, while the two third placed teams play each other with the winner playing against the Oceania representative.
North Korea is a poor team, they're just well organized and have relatively good stamina levels. Nobody can beat them at their own ground which was an advantage for them. All they needed to do was top an off form Saudi team, which believe me isn't that hard to do.
They don't deserve to be in the WC.
In Asia they play three rounds of qualifiers, in the third and final round there are only 10 teams remaining. They divide them into two groups of five. The first two qualify directly for the WC, while the two third placed teams play each other with the winner playing against the Oceania representative.
North Korea is a poor team, they're just well organized and have relatively good stamina levels. Nobody can beat them at their own ground which was an advantage for them. All they needed to do was top an off form Saudi team, which believe me isn't that hard to do.
They don't deserve to be in the WC.
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