While USA is by no means a strong national team, the fact they are not there is a HUGE upset and terrible for the game long term.
And to think, the 2 leagues representing the biggest threat to Europe's top leagues - China superleague and the MLS - with all those imported players supposedly trying to lift the local game - and they both can't qualify.
While USA is by no means a strong national team, the fact they are not there is a HUGE upset and terrible for the game long term.
And to think, the 2 leagues representing the biggest threat to Europe's top leagues - China superleague and the MLS - with all those imported players supposedly trying to lift the local game - and they both can't qualify.
While USA is by no means a strong national team, the fact they are not there is a HUGE upset and terrible for the game long term.
And to think, the 2 leagues representing the biggest threat to Europe's top leagues - China superleague and the MLS - with all those imported players supposedly trying to lift the local game - and they both can't qualify.
USA have been doing that for 40 years and it's a retarded strategy. If USA, China, Russia, Qatar and all the other places old footballers go for a paycheck invested those millions in infrastructure and decent coaches by now they'd be way closer to European/South American level
It's fine as it is, honestly. Nothing more can be done to get the most deserving teams to the World Cup. Europe has the strongest and deepest region by far, just look at who isn't qualifying. 6 of the top 10 FIFA ranked teams. 13/20 ranked. 24/40 ranked. That's 60% of teams but they get 42% of qualifying spaces. Seems about right on the basis of making the game global.
China are absolute garbage, they won't qualify for the next 2 World Cups minimum.
It's amazing that Argentina has so mich talent, and it still ends up with Messi carrying the team heavier than I've ever seen another player carry a team.
i don't know what to say. i mean messi is not my fav player, he has his style sometimes can be fun sometimes can be boring, but but.. the guy is savage ! he is one of the most unstoppable players. if he is in good mood, u can be fucked so easily. and yesterday he just went God mode.
Wouldn't happen. Messi scored an international hattrick against an actually decent team instead of an Andorra. Not just that but two of them brilliant goals and only one was a tap in, from a play which he created by the way.
Messi was absolutely everything good for Argentina tonight