By nickk - 23 Jun 2014 6:03 PM
For me its bizzare, so few are based in the North, though the other factor to consider is where the camp before the world cup was. The teams furthest in the South have performed below expectations.
Ecuador I know they play all their qualifiers at altitude but you would assume they had an initial camp on their tropical coastline unless they are crazy. Any European team that based themselves that far south would have been finished.
Switzerland who are a lot further north did beat them.
Spain and Korea are two biggest dissapointment look where they are.
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By Decentric - 27 Jun 2014 12:06 PM
Not enough weighting is given to climatic conditions and preparation sometimes.
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