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Future Unclear Over World Cup Places [FFT Article]


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By John 3:16 - 1 Jul 2010 9:53 AM

"There are five South American teams - all in the quarter-finals - "
pretty sure Chile were knocked out by Brazil.
Last time I checked, Netherlands, Spain and Germany were European and Ghana was African. Has something changed?


What do you think about the FourFourTwo article Future Unclear Over World Cup Places?
THE HAGGLING over each continent's World Cup places will begin in earnest as soon as this tournament is over with Asia and South America both fearing they may lose out.

Have your say.
By SC03 - 2 Jul 2010 4:37 PM

Liverpool wrote:
SC03 wrote:
African football seems to be going backwards and Asian football is improving


Asian football is not improving. Apart from South Korea, Japan and Australia being competitive the standard of the rest is awful

South Korea and Japan have improved due to their huge populations and investment into football since they won the right to host the world cup

Outside of them since 2002 Saudi Arabia, China, Iran and North Korea have been nothing but doormats for other teams to walk over



Fair enough. South Korea, Japan and Australia are improving. Portugal showed up how far behind North Korea are.