Why South America Is So Good at Football

5 comments

• $chistev 4 hours ago

  Are they? European football is the highest level.

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  • $defrost 4 hours 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 3 hours 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.

  • $rondaerth92 4 hours ago

    Please remind us who the current champion is?

    Cheers

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    • $chistev 3 hours ago

      3 of the 4 semi-finalists are European countries.