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Originally Posted by wellard
Fully deserve to be there too. France / Italy out and USA and Japan sail through to the next rounds - maybe the old euro / south america domination is failing  |
I wouldn't say South American domination is failing, they've had four of the best looking teams in this WC in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. Only Paraguay has looked ordinary, and they topped their group.
The Euro teams that went out deserved to by a ) playing like shyte and b ) not planning for the future and looking too tired and old. The ones that are still in however (other than England) have looked good (e.g. Portugal, Spain after an early hiccup, Germany). Holland haven't looked great but they've been winning which is the important thing when you're not in the best of form. Sneijer looks good though.