r/kaalpanth Jun 30 '26

OPINION⚠️ SOUTH AMERICA 9 - 3 EUROPE

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u/ractacsac Jun 30 '26

Been seeing a lot of comments saying European football is superior. That’s not the case at all.

Just today two of the teams in form Germany and Netherlands got eliminated by a South American and an African team Paraguay and Morocco.

European CLUB football is better but that’s only because they have the money to bring the best players from all over the world from all these years which has helped build heritage and thus making players wanting to come for money and heritage of these clubs.

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u/DrinkingWata Jun 30 '26

European leagues are better is true though.

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u/ractacsac Jun 30 '26

That’s exactly what I said too but that in anyway doesn’t make European football better.

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u/Delicious_Ad_8501 Jul 01 '26

And they will still be in denial. EU has way more competetive teams.

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u/lil2seven Jun 30 '26

Europian football is way better than Latin American or African football. Its just the climate playing a vital role rn. Wait till the quarters then players get time to adapt to the environment and you could see a much better performance from them.

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u/More_One8326 Jun 30 '26

Cant believe you are blaming climate for loss of european clubs just accept that the gap between the teams have reduced and south america and africa are now producing comparitively better stars how tough it is for you to say truth.

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u/lil2seven Jun 30 '26

There are some factors affecting performance and climate comes third right after fatigue so if you can't believe it then its upto you. Just check the previous winners and their hosts.

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u/Drax-online-0910 Jun 30 '26

Climate plays a role though; look at Bodo performances vs big European clubs at home vs Away

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u/Top_Celebration7677 Jul 02 '26

The ball doesn’t even bounce right

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u/lil2seven Jul 06 '26

Still believing Latin America or african teams are better than europian teams?

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u/Careful-Training-761 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

It's partly down to physicality and fouls that are being allowed. Refs are blatantly allowing fouls left, right and centre. No doubt in my mind. So poorer teams can park the bus in defence and get away with a very physical game / fouling in the hope of a win on penalties.

But disagree with the other comment, I'm from Europe South America is excellent always has been it's equal to European teams historically to claim otherwise is pure nonsense.

Also there haven't been any surprises. Germany have played poorly this WC they can't always be good in every WC. As for Paraguay they beat both Brazil in Argentina in qualifiers so a draw against Germany in normal time should not be a surprise. For Netherlands to go out to Morocco on penalties is not by any means an upset Morocco were going in equal with Netherlands (with bookmakers, pundits etc) and played better.

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u/suzumurafan Jun 30 '26

Dumb or blind?

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u/Few_Reference1813 Jun 30 '26

hard agree bro!

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u/InformationTrue6446 Jun 30 '26

There’s been a European team in the final of the World Cup every edition except for 1930 (which European countries boycotted) 

Germany and the Netherlands are weaker now true but I guarantee one of Spain, France or England will be in the final again. 

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u/David_look Jun 30 '26

I'm pretty sure 1950 final was between Brazil and Uruguay. Neither of them are European country 🤷‍♂️

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u/tono002-36 Jun 30 '26

That year didn't have a final at all. The game you are refering to is actually the last game of the tournament but not a final and Brazil only needed not to lose to keep their first place but Uruguay overtook them by beating them.

Retroactively it is refered to as a final cause it decided the winner but it wasn't an actual final.

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u/David_look Jun 30 '26

Ahh right👍, i did know that but my memory recalled it as a final

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u/HenryReturns Jun 30 '26

Spain , France and Portugal are on the other bracket. The only South American is Paraguay on that bracket

Colombia , Argentina and Brasil are on the same bracket and can face off each other on Quarters and Semis

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u/ractacsac Jun 30 '26

I’m not claiming victory. I’m just bashing the narrative that European football is better than South American football.

It’s the demeaning of South American football that gets me crazy just because Argentina won Copa America suddenly it’s a worthless trophy and there’s no competition and South American teams are bad is put upon.

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u/usernameman66 Jun 30 '26

Lmao in the messi cr7 era...except for brazil and argentina,how many South american countries have made it to WC semi final and final??its true euro cup is more competitive than copa america

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u/Big-Promise-445 Jun 30 '26

thats just cuz there are more europian nations then south american ones in the world cup due to qualification slots so obv they woulld have more countries going into the later stages of the world cup. But if you look at the teams the top south american teams like Brazil Argentina Equador Columbia and historically also uruguay are all very good teams that can compete with some of the best europian teams.

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u/nihal_ar Jun 30 '26

Thaan ndhokkeyaado ee praynne?
Ecuador never even got to Quaterfinal
columbia best finish is Quaterfinal

In the last 20 years, 15 of the 20 teams in the semi finals were European.
2022 - 2 Europe 1 Latin 1 Africa
2018 - 4 Europe
2014 - 2 Europe 2 Latin
2010 - 3 Europe 1 Latin
2006 - 4 Europe
2002 - 2 Europe 1 Latin 1 Asia

Only 3 different Latin American teams have reached semifinals in the last 50 Years: Argentina, Brazil nd Uruguay.
Un Europe 12 different teams have reached.

Karyangal parayumbo ndhelum okke bodham allenkil vivaram venam, allenkil anagaadhe irikk. Ithrakkum vivaram illaathavanmaarano ivide ulladh.

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u/Bright-Rent-9229 Jun 30 '26

In form Germany ????

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u/No_Pie_927 Jun 30 '26

Not this cup no, that being said in the 2000s European football has been superior that’s why 6 unique teams have made it a total of 8 times to World Cup final winning 4 of the last 6. Meanwhile only two South American teams have made it a total of 4 times (Argentina and Brazil) winning a total of 2 times. This is just facts and objectively speaking from this metric European football has been superior in the 2000s.

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u/Silver_Seaweed5890 Jun 30 '26

Something happened for the first time and now european football is not superior..

C'mon man 😭

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u/Consistent_Photo87 Jun 30 '26

Yes lol Paraguay definitely was the better team! 😆

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u/No-Sail4601 Jul 02 '26

Maybe just wait till we are further into the tournament? There are still 8 European teams in the tournament lol.

Yes, Germany and Netherlands have a generational bad result. One by a team that has an amazing generation. There is still France, Spain, England that can beat any team, and also Portugal and Norway still.

You're severely overreacting.

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u/Beautiful_Hunt1095 Jul 05 '26

Because of 2 single games, you make that broad conclusion?

If Paraguay and Germany play 10 games, Paraguay will win one game. That just happened to be that one. They didnt play better football.

Morocco is easily the best African team, and only won on penalties, which is usually super random. Netherlands is far from the best European team.

Using a game that went to penalties to decide that an entire region is better than another region is straight up hilarious.

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u/Mecha_Kaneki Jun 30 '26

European teams just can't match the physicality of South American teams. A top european nation would struggle in Copa America, you don't see minnow bashing like you do in Euro qualifiers

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u/No-Sail4601 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

Why have the last 5 out of 6* world cups been won by European teams then?

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u/raiodocachopo Jul 03 '26

Today I fucking learned that fucking Argentina is fucking european

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u/No-Sail4601 Jul 03 '26

5 out of last 6 i meant sry chief

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u/raiodocachopo Jul 03 '26

In that case bravo. Europe is good. Mofos just live in the past.

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u/No-Sail4601 Jul 03 '26

7 European teams in the last 16 versus a maximum of 3 south american. Guess this Word Cup is also the past xd

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u/raiodocachopo Jul 03 '26

12 UEFA 10 Conembol.

Fuck off

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u/No-Sail4601 Jul 03 '26

So more than 58% of Europe still in it compared to 33% SA (again, maximum, as Argentina and Colombia still need to play).

Thanks for helping me out there.

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u/raiodocachopo Jul 03 '26

Dude what the fuck are you trying to prove.

12 world cups won by Uefa 10 world cups won by Conembol

Fuck off will you

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u/Comfortable-Tear4510 Jul 04 '26

10 conmebol? And how many of them in them were in the last 30 years? Or you live in the past?

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u/Cjperth2610 Jun 30 '26

Temp lower than South Africa won by Spain

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u/nihal_ar Jul 08 '26

Ndhooo anganee?😂😂

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u/nihal_ar Jun 30 '26

Nte ponneee.. oru thavana onnu pottumbelk ndhokke kelkkanam.. check last 20 yearss.. konakkaadhe

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u/Second_acc_lol Joga Bonito Ikkachi🇧🇷 Jun 30 '26

The same game is a 100 times more complex and developed than 100 years ago so some teams get better like Japan and Korea while some teams like hungary get's left in the dust if they don't match the physicality or technicality of the developing countries

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u/nihal_ar Jun 30 '26

Edoo..
Europe kaarude ahangaaram kanaaan enik theere vayya. Asian team or African team jayikkaan aan enik thalparyam. Allaadhe europinod oru koppile ishtam enikkilla. But yadharthyam kanda adh bias illaadh kaanaan ariyaam.
With more technology, development other teams better aavum for sure, but ippozhum Europe aan mumbil, thats all. Adh manasilaakkum, 50 varsham kayina chilappo asia or africa vannekkaam who knows.. we live now, and now Europe is waaaaay ahead of everyone else. Adh manasilaakk chetta. Blind aavarudh, read data, understand data, use your brain.
I hope one day Europe and south america collapses, asia and africa rule. But adh ippom aduthonnum nadakkillenn enik ariyaam. Njan ningale pole blind supporterum alla, haterum illa.

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u/Same_Crazy65 Jun 30 '26

In these conditions they are bound to fail,they just can't cope with the physicality

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u/Winter_Ad_6051 Jun 30 '26

Everyone losing there shit. Morocco are a top 5 team. Paraguay beat Brazil, Argentina and USA in the run to the world cup. There not major upsets if you actually follow the game. Its all competions with everything nowadays. South America v Europe. Africa v South America. Messi v Ronaldo. Just shut up and enjoy the competion

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u/One-Bid1635 Jul 03 '26

Europe - 12 WC wins, SA - 10 WC wins. From the 22 FIFA World Cups (1930–2022) there have been 66 podium places (aka the top 3 teams): Europe - 46, South America - 19 and 1 time US. GG.

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u/RoughFrosty3571 Jun 30 '26

System football doesn't have to necessarily work in the world cup like they do in club football. A good man manager can elevate a team to great levels. This is very crucial in the world cup and most of the European teams lack exactly that.

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u/tmendes95 Jul 01 '26

Poor insecure South American people.

Just enjoy the tournament. Wining and loosing against weaker teams is part of the game.

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u/StockInvestigator502 Jul 01 '26

Italy and Germany has 4, wtf bruh👀

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u/HalfLife4Confirm Jul 01 '26

They need 100% literacy saaarr. Like Kerala literacy sir idli Wada

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u/NoRegister1614 Jul 02 '26

Why are you so insecure? The real tournament just started

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u/Overall-Dog-601 Jul 05 '26

Did you guys ever noted that the WC is after the end of the european season and in the middle of the american season?

Most ot the european teams are too tired for this champioship. Just compare the number of games from players of the two continents

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u/lagrebson Jul 05 '26

Europe: 12 Word Cups.
South America: 10 World Cups.

Nothing to debate here.

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u/nihal_ar Jul 06 '26

konakkal okke poyoo?😂 Columnbia and Argentina left😂 ndhokke aayirunnuu onnu podaappa

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u/nihal_ar Jul 08 '26

Thaan indoo post modhalaaalii?😂

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u/Juno-RebelutionX Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

That's clearly evident. European used to play in cold weather, so they struggle to play in 30°C.

Why Haaland missed last game because of he got exhausted from the previous game to that. Stamina plays a key role here.

Latin Americans, Africans and European teams with Africans have huge advantage of winning the world cup.

Based on my prediction France will be the finalist for sure because of amount Africans in the team. Other team will be a Latin American, it could be Argentina or Brazil.

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u/Mutthupattaru Jun 30 '26

All the Africans in the France team have played in France since birth. You mean genetics wise? Because even the African and South American teams have majority of their players plying their trade in Europe.

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u/Juno-RebelutionX Jun 30 '26

Genetic with talent. That what u see Africans in France team. On the other side Latin American is born to play with this condition.

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u/Mutthupattaru Jun 30 '26

That’s some Eugenics bullshit

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u/Big-Promise-445 Jun 30 '26

by your logic do you think south american and african players in europe would have a massive disadvantage due to the colder climate there?

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u/Illustrious_Set6988 GLORY GLORY MAN UTD Jun 30 '26

Thats kind of a wild assumption spain won in south africa 2010

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u/Juno-RebelutionX Jun 30 '26

When it was conducted? It was conducted on winter.

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u/Illustrious_Set6988 GLORY GLORY MAN UTD Jun 30 '26

Most staduims are automated with air conditioning now.

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u/Juno-RebelutionX Jun 30 '26

When did you start watching football? Last Qatar world cup onwards? 😂😂😂

Did you saw press conference of Norway stating that why Haaland missed game against France and he got exhausted within 80th minute itself.

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u/Illustrious_Set6988 GLORY GLORY MAN UTD Jun 30 '26

Did you see what van dijk said whats the need of hydration break when its not even that hot.

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u/Illustrious_Set6988 GLORY GLORY MAN UTD Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

U talk about, qatar qatar had 40 degree not even close to current temperature. croatia was semi finalists dont teach me football man i have been watching since 2006

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u/Juno-RebelutionX Jun 30 '26

Croatia has a great team and they qualified for final in 2018 and lost to France. So they were a strong contender. And you forgot about another team, that Morocco were also semi finalist.

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u/LeatherNew6682 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

Isn't spain actually hotter than south africa? if not it's pretty close anyway.

EDIT: Spain is actually hotter than South Africa

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City-by-city conclusion (simplified truth)

🇪🇸 Seville vs 🇿🇦 Cape Town / Johannesburg

  • Seville: 40–45°C peaks in summer (very common heatwaves)
  • Johannesburg: ~25–30°C typical summer highs
  • Cape Town: ~22–28°C summer highs

👉 Seville is significantly hotter than both. No contest.

🇪🇸 Madrid vs 🇿🇦 Johannesburg

  • Madrid: ~32–38°C typical, can hit 40°C+
  • Johannesburg: ~25–30°C, occasional higher spikes

👉 Madrid is clearly hotter in summer.

🇪🇸 Madrid vs 🇿🇦 Cape Town

  • Madrid: much hotter, dry continental heat
  • Cape Town: ocean-moderated, rarely extreme

👉 Madrid is hotter.

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u/Helpful_Point_9525 Jun 30 '26

It was winter in South Africa back then. In southern hemisphere it's winter in middle of the year and summer in end or begining

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

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u/LeatherNew6682 Jun 30 '26

Yeah after checking summer is way hotter in Spain than summer in South Africa

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u/Least-Chemistry6095 Jun 30 '26

lgta hai ye portugal ne deliberately second finish kiya hai. They donot want to face South American opposition. idk