MonteCuler
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So 2 WCs is nothing?2 of their WCs were fake ones in the 1930s
And also you have 1994 where they were incredibly close
World Cup '26 qualifiers discussion
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And also you have 1994 where they were incredibly close
Temptation
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Why are people counting the 2002 WC then? That was super controversial officiating.
soul24rage
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KingLeo10
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Italiy is one of the great footballing nations.
They just don't have 4 legit WCs.
Germany's 4 are insanely impressive, by contrast.
1954 - Beat the great Hungarian team of Puskas
1974 - Beat the great Dutch team of Cruyff
1990 - Beat a GOAT
2014 - Beat the GOAT
2002 was very strange one. A stacked Netherland team could not qualify. Other strong nations like France, Argentina, Portugal, Italy...all played poorly.
Only Brazil played great the whole tournament.
Italy are usually terrible in playoff. So if they miss it will be nothing new.
That doesn't matter, they're just the qualifying matches. Look at the World Cup: since 2000, there have only been 2 non European winners, including four titles in a row. Europe is by far the most competitive continent. It would be at least as difficult for Argentina to win the European Championship as it is to win the World Cup. And I say that as a European who wanted argentina to win it every world cup😄
Messi983
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Congo have a good team, they've also beat Cameroon in previous game.
I saw the game. It was one of the worst football matches I've ever seen in terms of quality.
soul24rage
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For me, it does matter as what would be the point of these qualifying matches. Might as well just get rid of them and have a WC every 2 years.
The point you made of the European team winning 4 consecutive titles is a whole different discussion.
No it is important because there are many teams as good as chile, bolivia, columbia, or something like that who costantly fail to qualify for wc because there are also many good teams. The biggest problem of european quali is that not the direct comparison, but rather the goal difference that counts in case of a tie in points. If that weren't the case, it wouldn't matter if some games ended 10-0.
soul24rage
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Exactly my point, something needs to change for UEFA qualifiers as GD is too much of a factor in this case.
CONMEBOL qualifiers format for the WC26 is ridiculous too for other reasons, but you don't see scorelines like that there.
Gnidrologist
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Should not count goals scored against teams beyond certain FIFA ranking threshold for goal difference purposes.
It would be enough to make it like la liga.
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