Why South America Is So Good at Football

https://atlasdevelopment.substack.com/p/why-south-america-is-so-good-at-football

by gmays • 9 days ago

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chistev3• 9 days ago

Are they? European football is the highest level.

rondaerth92• 9 days ago

Please remind us who the current champion is?

Cheers

chistev3• 9 days ago

3 of the 4 semi-finalists are European countries.

chistev3• 3 days ago

Spain

defrost• 9 days ago

  FIFA World Cup finals
  Founded 1930; 96 years ago

  Current champions  Argentina (3rd title)
  Most championships  Brazil (5 titles)

~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_finals

anemoiac• 9 days ago

The article's dek is relevant here:

The region isn’t the world’s richest, or its most populous, or the one that spends the most on sport. Yet in men’s football it has spent decades performing far above what its economy would predict.

Why South America Is So Good at Football

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