FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread

[Jody.Drummer]

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Years ago the whole football playing style was different and it was never the same as what we can currently see, that's why some plays like Maradona or Pele became popular because they saved a team by themselves. In fact, even if the whole team didn't perform well, they still could change the results.
But these days many teams have good strategies to control these players even if they are legendary players.

Yeah, and today Pele and Maradona are no longer with us. Most younger fans would have never seen them play, or in an interview, etc...

Maradona played his last games in the late 90s or early 00s, which is when some of the new fans were just born basically.

We are living in a new era of football. Maradona and Pele are ancient history. Not sure who will take over though, I think it's impossible to have someone at that level these days. It's all more competitive, and we have many great players instead of a few incredible ones.

I think it's different, we can't compare players from different eras. Not only in the style of play, but also the rules of football, especially on the pitch there are also many differences now. Maradona and Pele are football legends, I don't deny that. The atmosphere on the pitch was much different then than now. I also see a difference in the way they defend for example, in the past defenders were very hard and not like this era.
The question is, if they were in the current era, would they be as famous? And also when today's players, such as the Ronaldo and Messi Era when playing in their era, can they perform well?

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[Fivestar4everMVP]

~snip~
Years ago the whole football playing style was different and it was never the same as what we can currently see, that's why some plays like Maradona or Pele became popular because they saved a team by themselves. In fact, even if the whole team didn't perform well, they still could change the results.
But these days many teams have good strategies to control these players even if they are legendary players.

Yeah, and today Pele and Maradona are no longer with us. Most younger fans would have never seen them play, or in an interview, etc...

Maradona played his last games in the late 90s or early 00s, which is when some of the new fans were just born basically.

We are living in a new era of football. Maradona and Pele are ancient history. Not sure who will take over though, I think it's impossible to have someone at that level these days. It's all more competitive, and we have many great players instead of a few incredible ones.

I think it's different, we can't compare players from different eras. Not only in the style of play, but also the rules of football, especially on the pitch there are also many differences now. Maradona and Pele are football legends, I don't deny that. The atmosphere on the pitch was much different then than now. I also see a difference in the way they defend for example, in the past defenders were very hard and not like this era.
The question is, if they were in the current era, would they be as famous? And also when today's players, such as the Ronaldo and Messi Era when playing in their era, can they perform well?

Well, one thing I've always believed and still believe is that, when it comes to football, players all have their seasons, and those seasons differs in terms of requirements and all that, for example, Pere's style of play made him a legend in his time/season, if he was still around and should use the same style of play which made him a legend in his time, in this season, I don't think he would be considered as a legend.

The thing is, it is commonly said that one thing that is common in life is change.. as time passes , many things are changing, and so it is with football, football is advancing and players are becoming more sophisticated, a football legend of this football era can not be compared to a football legend of the old era, to become a legend in this era requires more price and sacrifice, than the price and sacrifice required in the old era .

[Jody.Drummer]

I think it's different, we can't compare players from different eras. Not only in the style of play, but also the rules of football, especially on the pitch there are also many differences now. Maradona and Pele are football legends, I don't deny that. The atmosphere on the pitch was much different then than now. I also see a difference in the way they defend for example, in the past defenders were very hard and not like this era.
The question is, if they were in the current era, would they be as famous? And also when today's players, such as the Ronaldo and Messi Era when playing in their era, can they perform well?

Well, one thing I've always believed and still believe is that, when it comes to football, players all have their seasons, and those seasons differs in terms of requirements and all that, for example, Pere's style of play made him a legend in his time/season, if he was still around and should use the same style of play which made him a legend in his time, in this season, I don't think he would be considered as a legend.

The thing is, it is commonly said that one thing that is common in life is change.. as time passes , many things are changing, and so it is with football, football is advancing and players are becoming more sophisticated, a football legend of this football era can not be compared to a football legend of the old era, to become a legend in this era requires more price and sacrifice, than the price and sacrifice required in the old era .

Yes, that's how it is, very different. I will give an example to Maradona, for example. Who doesn't remember when his "hand of God" goal was at that time? I think if everyone experiences it, they will remember that incident. And if that happened in the current era then the goal wouldn't have happened, I mean when the game system becomes more advanced they will annul the goal with the help of VAR. Low of The Game, also different from now, right?
A player has his era based on his era at that time, and maybe in the future there will be a great new player emerging and being considered the best player of all time, even though he is in a different era.

[Die_empty]

~snip~
Years ago the whole football playing style was different and it was never the same as what we can currently see, that's why some plays like Maradona or Pele became popular because they saved a team by themselves. In fact, even if the whole team didn't perform well, they still could change the results.
But these days many teams have good strategies to control these players even if they are legendary players.

Yeah, and today Pele and Maradona are no longer with us. Most younger fans would have never seen them play, or in an interview, etc...

Maradona played his last games in the late 90s or early 00s, which is when some of the new fans were just born basically.

We are living in a new era of football. Maradona and Pele are ancient history. Not sure who will take over though, I think it's impossible to have someone at that level these days. It's all more competitive, and we have many great players instead of a few incredible ones.

Football has become more technical or scientific. Coaches now have to go to training schools where they acquire technical skills that will assist them in analyzing games to get the right results. It is now common to see coaches using technological tools like tablets, phones, and iPads during games. Those days most of these uncommon players are gifted. But it is common now to see players graduate from football academies where they have acquired relevant skills.

One can arguably say that players like Ronaldo and Messi can be compared with Maradona and Pele because they can give any team unexpected results with individual effort. Though Pele is the greatest Ronaldo and Messi can change any game. We can judge from the present performance of Messi in Inter Miami where his singular performance gave the club their first ever major cup.

[shogun47]

Yes, that's how it is, very different. I will give an example to Maradona, for example. Who doesn't remember when his "hand of God" goal was at that time? I think if everyone experiences it, they will remember that incident. And if that happened in the current era then the goal wouldn't have happened, I mean when the game system becomes more advanced they will annul the goal with the help of VAR. Low of The Game, also different from now, right?
A player has his era based on his era at that time, and maybe in the future there will be a great new player emerging and being considered the best player of all time, even though he is in a different era.

Yes but technology will mostly assist with accuracy and fairness. Now that we have made this much progress from the least accuracy and fairness to very high accuracy and fairness, I don't expect much to change on that front. It could be improved by the millimeter for example, when the question arises whether the ball crossed the goal line or whether it should be a corner or throw in (I guess those will also be included in the future). Any improvements there would only have minor impact on future outcomes of the game. The hand of god would of course never have counted and it shouldn't because it is ridiculous. We want players to play at their maximum and that is why we need technological assistance to reduce human error.

I think more will happen with the players themselves. Longevity, physical advancement, both of which can lead to longer careers and hence to maybe new records as they have more games to play and can score more goals. I think it will be more changes on that end.

[Iranus]

There are many great players that never achieved stardom levels like Pele of Maradona. For example, in Brazil there was Rivaldo, one of the best players of that squad, but he never got the same recognition of Pele.

I think everyone remembers the bicycle kick goal of Rivaldo in the final though...

Rivaldo was a decent player there is no argument there, he was great when he played there but even when he played there people talked about Ronaldo a lot more, not Rivaldo, even though Ronaldo was far more frequently injured. Rivaldo was good, but he wasn't "I made this team win thanks to me" levels of good, he wasn't the type of player that would be good enough to decide the game or get them a cup all by his own talents.

Players like Neymar, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luiz Nazario Ronaldo, Zidane, all these players were great enough that they could win something if you just put a bit of a decent squad next to them. This is why I believe that it has to be something that worths a lot for Rivaldo to get the same recognition.

I think there needs to be a lot of things to actually get recognition for a player. First of all, he has to be really good. Secondly, he has to have a flashy play style. And finally, he has to have good speaking skills.

Just look at the Ronaldo(CR7). At one point in his career, especially in the early stages. He did not even know how to speak English properly. But he was still moving the whole world around him, which is a flashy play style and of course the most iconic celebration ever in sports history. It was a definitely different feeling to see the whole stadium screaming SIUUUUU with Cristiano Ronaldo. I don't think that Rivaldo actually had anything like that about him. And there are a lot of great players in Brazil. Especially at that time, the whole team was full of star players. So it is very normal that some of them are going to get their recognition, meanwhile others won’t.

[Silberman]

Yes but technology will mostly assist with accuracy and fairness. Now that we have made this much progress from the least accuracy and fairness to very high accuracy and fairness, I don't expect much to change on that front. It could be improved by the millimeter for example, when the question arises whether the ball crossed the goal line or whether it should be a corner or throw in (I guess those will also be included in the future). Any improvements there would only have minor impact on future outcomes of the game. The hand of god would of course never have counted and it shouldn't because it is ridiculous. We want players to play at their maximum and that is why we need technological assistance to reduce human error.

I think more will happen with the players themselves. Longevity, physical advancement, both of which can lead to longer careers and hence to maybe new records as they have more games to play and can score more goals. I think it will be more changes on that end.

This is already happening, in most sports the rules have changed and the sport world itself is not as brutal as it was once, and this is helping athletes to have longer and better careers, and when we take into consideration the improvements on the medical science and training regimes this is allowing players to keep their maximum level for longer periods of time and become more dominant than other star players were on the past.

[armanda90]

I don't know much about the possibility of Asian teams winning the FIFA World Cup in future time but I know that if African countries can manage the footballing talents in Africa and develop them to professional level, they have all it takes to win the FIFA World Cup.
France has played in the final of the world cup for the last two editions and were the champions in the 2018 world cup that was hosted in Russia. The majority number of France national team players are of African decent but chose to represent the France national team because football isn't valued in their respective African countries.

For Asian team have Japan is close candidate will be success in the future because many of their player are in the top European teams, difference with other Asian teams more spending and enjoying with domestic league and comfortable joining with their domestic league team than have to play for European teams. I think Asian have better performance than African teams and Asian teams more dominance in every World Cup edition.
No doubt with quality or level from European national teams like France have success managed to final stage on last edition but don't forget with opportunity from Argentina and Brazil will be candidate winning next World Cup.

[marcous]

For Asian team have Japan is close candidate will be success in the future because many of their player are in the top European teams, difference with other Asian teams more spending and enjoying with domestic league and comfortable joining with their domestic league team than have to play for European teams. I think Asian have better performance than African teams and Asian teams more dominance in every World Cup edition.
No doubt with quality or level from European national teams like France have success managed to final stage on last edition but don't forget with opportunity from Argentina and Brazil will be candidate winning next World Cup.

If you look at the FIFA rankings, Japan is ranked 20th on the list of the best national teams. The top five are filled with Argentina, France, Brazil, England and Belgium, and Japan is the only national team representing the AFC zone in the top 20. Meanwhile, the CAF Zone has two representatives in the top 20, namely Morocco and Senegal. Thus, Japan chances in the future will certainly be brighter for future World Cup competitions i think.

It is true that many Japan players play in Europe with the best clubs, this is one of the reasons why they are so strong against Asian friends. However, if you look at these facts, the national team from the CAF region is better now than the AFC national team because it has two representatives there. If we talk about predictions, I will put Brazil in first place as the favorite for the upcoming 2026 World Cup edition.

[Leviathan.007]

I don't know much about the possibility of Asian teams winning the FIFA World Cup in future time but I know that if African countries can manage the footballing talents in Africa and develop them to professional level, they have all it takes to win the FIFA World Cup.
France has played in the final of the world cup for the last two editions and were the champions in the 2018 world cup that was hosted in Russia. The majority number of France national team players are of African decent but chose to represent the France national team because football isn't valued in their respective African countries.

For Asian team have Japan is close candidate will be success in the future because many of their player are in the top European teams, difference with other Asian teams more spending and enjoying with domestic league and comfortable joining with their domestic league team than have to play for European teams. I think Asian have better performance than African teams and Asian teams more dominance in every World Cup edition.
No doubt with quality or level from European national teams like France have success managed to final stage on last edition but don't forget with opportunity from Argentina and Brazil will be candidate winning next World Cup.

Even if we consider Japan as a strong team in Asia and even if you think Japan had a good performance because of the game they won against Germany in the friendly match, but still Japan is not at the same level as other European teams that's why we can't expect to see Japan achieving something in the 2026 world cup however there is the chance for them to have better performance than before.

[Fuso.hp]

I don't know much about the possibility of Asian teams winning the FIFA World Cup in future time but I know that if African countries can manage the footballing talents in Africa and develop them to professional level, they have all it takes to win the FIFA World Cup.
France has played in the final of the world cup for the last two editions and were the champions in the 2018 world cup that was hosted in Russia. The majority number of France national team players are of African decent but chose to represent the France national team because football isn't valued in their respective African countries.

For Asian team have Japan is close candidate will be success in the future because many of their player are in the top European teams, difference with other Asian teams more spending and enjoying with domestic league and comfortable joining with their domestic league team than have to play for European teams. I think Asian have better performance than African teams and Asian teams more dominance in every World Cup edition.
No doubt with quality or level from European national teams like France have success managed to final stage on last edition but don't forget with opportunity from Argentina and Brazil will be candidate winning next World Cup.

If we look at the 2024 World Cup, we will see that the African teams performed much better than the Asian teams. Morocco is the first African country to play in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Korea Republic and Japan qualified for the next round in the last World Cup but were eliminated from the next round. African teams are financially weaker than Asian teams, this may be due to their poor performance. When a country is financially prosperous, then there will be good quality players in that country as well as experienced people in all other areas including coaching staff, but if there are financial problems, many people would want to make their living from football and in the hope of extra money income. The manager may take charge of another rich team. Basically all of these have an economic impact on a team.

[Leviathan.007]

I don't know much about the possibility of Asian teams winning the FIFA World Cup in future time but I know that if African countries can manage the footballing talents in Africa and develop them to professional level, they have all it takes to win the FIFA World Cup.
France has played in the final of the world cup for the last two editions and were the champions in the 2018 world cup that was hosted in Russia. The majority number of France national team players are of African decent but chose to represent the France national team because football isn't valued in their respective African countries.

For Asian team have Japan is close candidate will be success in the future because many of their player are in the top European teams, difference with other Asian teams more spending and enjoying with domestic league and comfortable joining with their domestic league team than have to play for European teams. I think Asian have better performance than African teams and Asian teams more dominance in every World Cup edition.
No doubt with quality or level from European national teams like France have success managed to final stage on last edition but don't forget with opportunity from Argentina and Brazil will be candidate winning next World Cup.

If we look at the 2024 World Cup, we will see that the African teams performed much better than the Asian teams. Morocco is the first African country to play in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Korea Republic and Japan qualified for the next round in the last World Cup but were eliminated from the next round. African teams are financially weaker than Asian teams, this may be due to their poor performance. When a country is financially prosperous, then there will be good quality players in that country as well as experienced people in all other areas including coaching staff, but if there are financial problems, many people would want to make their living from football and in the hope of extra money income. The manager may take charge of another rich team. Basically all of these have an economic impact on a team.

I'm not saying Asian teams are better, but still, we know Morocco having a good performance in the last World Cup was a miracle and even the coaches and players in Morocco were not expecting to see their team in the semi-final match. The African teams are most don't have a good financial situation and they can't improve enough, also they have poor management systems,
I think expect to see another miracle from African teams in the 2026 World Cup.

[Juggy777]

I don't know much about the possibility of Asian teams winning the FIFA World Cup in future time but I know that if African countries can manage the footballing talents in Africa and develop them to professional level, they have all it takes to win the FIFA World Cup.
France has played in the final of the world cup for the last two editions and were the champions in the 2018 world cup that was hosted in Russia. The majority number of France national team players are of African decent but chose to represent the France national team because football isn't valued in their respective African countries.

For Asian team have Japan is close candidate will be success in the future because many of their player are in the top European teams, difference with other Asian teams more spending and enjoying with domestic league and comfortable joining with their domestic league team than have to play for European teams. I think Asian have better performance than African teams and Asian teams more dominance in every World Cup edition.
No doubt with quality or level from European national teams like France have success managed to final stage on last edition but don't forget with opportunity from Argentina and Brazil will be candidate winning next World Cup.

If we look at the 2024 World Cup, we will see that the African teams performed much better than the Asian teams. Morocco is the first African country to play in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Korea Republic and Japan qualified for the next round in the last World Cup but were eliminated from the next round. African teams are financially weaker than Asian teams, this may be due to their poor performance. When a country is financially prosperous, then there will be good quality players in that country as well as experienced people in all other areas including coaching staff, but if there are financial problems, many people would want to make their living from football and in the hope of extra money income. The manager may take charge of another rich team. Basically all of these have an economic impact on a team.

I'm not saying Asian teams are better, but still, we know Morocco having a good performance in the last World Cup was a miracle and even the coaches and players in Morocco were not expecting to see their team in the semi-final match. The African teams are most don't have a good financial situation and they can't improve enough, also they have poor management systems,
I think expect to see another miracle from African teams in the 2026 World Cup.

@Leviathan.007 I’ll also chose African team’s to perform better then the Asian team’s because their player’s are more naturally skilled but they only fail is due to lack of investment in the infrastructure and lack of correct guidance. However I don’t expect any African or Asian team to win the 2026 World Cup but I wouldn’t be surprised if they defeat some big countries during the course of the World Cup.

[Leviathan.007]

I don't know much about the possibility of Asian teams winning the FIFA World Cup in future time but I know that if African countries can manage the footballing talents in Africa and develop them to professional level, they have all it takes to win the FIFA World Cup.
France has played in the final of the world cup for the last two editions and were the champions in the 2018 world cup that was hosted in Russia. The majority number of France national team players are of African decent but chose to represent the France national team because football isn't valued in their respective African countries.

For Asian team have Japan is close candidate will be success in the future because many of their player are in the top European teams, difference with other Asian teams more spending and enjoying with domestic league and comfortable joining with their domestic league team than have to play for European teams. I think Asian have better performance than African teams and Asian teams more dominance in every World Cup edition.
No doubt with quality or level from European national teams like France have success managed to final stage on last edition but don't forget with opportunity from Argentina and Brazil will be candidate winning next World Cup.

If we look at the 2024 World Cup, we will see that the African teams performed much better than the Asian teams. Morocco is the first African country to play in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Korea Republic and Japan qualified for the next round in the last World Cup but were eliminated from the next round. African teams are financially weaker than Asian teams, this may be due to their poor performance. When a country is financially prosperous, then there will be good quality players in that country as well as experienced people in all other areas including coaching staff, but if there are financial problems, many people would want to make their living from football and in the hope of extra money income. The manager may take charge of another rich team. Basically all of these have an economic impact on a team.

I'm not saying Asian teams are better, but still, we know Morocco having a good performance in the last World Cup was a miracle and even the coaches and players in Morocco were not expecting to see their team in the semi-final match. The African teams are most don't have a good financial situation and they can't improve enough, also they have poor management systems,
I think expect to see another miracle from African teams in the 2026 World Cup.

@Leviathan.007 I’ll also chose African team’s to perform better then the Asian team’s because their player’s are more naturally skilled but they only fail is due to lack of investment in the infrastructure and lack of correct guidance. However I don’t expect any African or Asian team to win the 2026 World Cup but I wouldn’t be surprised if they defeat some big countries during the course of the World Cup.

Still Im not sure about the Asian and African teams to say which team is better than the other team but I know many countries in Africa don't have a good financial situation and there you can't find any good investors as you said and this is a reason for many of the African teams to have bad performance in the world cup. Maybe if they start doing more investments we will see better performance from these teams in the next years.

[Litzki1990]

I'm not saying Asian teams are better, but still, we know Morocco having a good performance in the last World Cup was a miracle and even the coaches and players in Morocco were not expecting to see their team in the semi-final match. The African teams are most don't have a good financial situation and they can't improve enough, also they have poor management systems,
I think expect to see another miracle from African teams in the 2026 World Cup.

African countries are very weak economically and very little money is spent on football in African countries. As African countries, several teams including Senegal, Morocco and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup and they performed fairly well in the World Cup tournament, but the 2022 World Cup has been different. Apart from Brazil, Argentina, France, Germany, Spain, Croatia, we never imagined that Morocco could play in the semi-finals. Morocco had prepared well ahead of the World Cup so they expected good things but it was probably beyond the expectations of the players that they would do so well. Morocco, who qualified in the semi-finals of the last World Cup, is now quite strong in football. Morocco will perform well again in the upcoming World Cup if they qualify for the World Cup.

[Strongkored]

If we talk about predictions, I will put Brazil in first place as the favorite for the upcoming 2026 World Cup edition.

Brazil has a big chance of winning the 2026 World Cup because usually when the World Cup is held on the American continent the team from that continent will be the champion, only Brazil and Germany have managed to win outside their continent, while Spain and Argentina are because the World Cup is held on a continent whose country has not yet never won the world cup.
If Brazil succeeds in winning then it will be a 24-year wait because they last won the 2002 World Cup Korea Japan and they were the favorites to win when the World Cup was held in their country but football fans certainly remember how that was the worst defeat that Brazil has ever experienced because they lost to Germany in quarterfinals with big scores. However, for some reason, I doubt that Brazil will win the 2026 World Cup and it looks like there will be a new champion because Argentina also seems to be facing very high difficulties in defending its title later.

[armanda90]

I'm not saying Asian teams are better, but still, we know Morocco having a good performance in the last World Cup was a miracle and even the coaches and players in Morocco were not expecting to see their team in the semi-final match. The African teams are most don't have a good financial situation and they can't improve enough, also they have poor management systems,
I think expect to see another miracle from African teams in the 2026 World Cup.

Comparison with Asian, African national teams have quit well and better performance during last several FIFA World Cup edition always have an African national teams success qualifying from quarter final until semifinal stage. Last FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar have Morocco success managed well until semifinal stage and best achievement from Asian national teams is 16th round only. In financial side, Asian have better than African but players composition are balance who play with Europe teams between Asian and African national teams. I think its time for Asian and African national teams dominance in FIFA World Cup exactly on next edition without loss compete from European or South American national teams always success lead until final stage and become the winner.

[swogerino]

I'm not saying Asian teams are better, but still, we know Morocco having a good performance in the last World Cup was a miracle and even the coaches and players in Morocco were not expecting to see their team in the semi-final match. The African teams are most don't have a good financial situation and they can't improve enough, also they have poor management systems,
I think expect to see another miracle from African teams in the 2026 World Cup.

Comparison with Asian, African national teams have quit well and better performance during last several FIFA World Cup edition always have an African national teams success qualifying from quarter final until semifinal stage. Last FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar have Morocco success managed well until semifinal stage and best achievement from Asian national teams is 16th round only. In financial side, Asian have better than African but players composition are balance who play with Europe teams between Asian and African national teams. I think its time for Asian and African national teams dominance in FIFA World Cup exactly on next edition without loss compete from European or South American national teams always success lead until final stage and become the winner.

That is more wishful thinking than reality if you think that some team from these continents will reach the World Cup final for the 2026 edition.The teams from Europe and South America are much stronger than African or Asian teams and expecting one team from such continents at the final is highly unlikely.For me Argentina is still a heavy favorite,Brazil will have to recover from their failed attempt last November and France together with England are strong European contenders without forgetting Germany.If one team from Asian or African football goes to the final that would be an extreme huge achievement but as I said highly unlikely.

[KTChampions]

African countries are very weak economically and very little money is spent on football in African countries. As African countries, several teams including Senegal, Morocco and Nigeria qualified for the World Cup and they performed fairly well in the World Cup tournament, but the 2022 World Cup has been different. Apart from Brazil, Argentina, France, Germany, Spain, Croatia, we never imagined that Morocco could play in the semi-finals. Morocco had prepared well ahead of the World Cup so they expected good things but it was probably beyond the expectations of the players that they would do so well. Morocco, who qualified in the semi-finals of the last World Cup, is now quite strong in football. Morocco will perform well again in the upcoming World Cup if they qualify for the World Cup.

At almost any competition, someone from the crowd of outsiders achieves success, simply due to the mass participation. Taking into account the fact that there will be even more outsiders at the 2026 World Cup, I am sure that again some team that was assessed as weak will go quite far. But it’s far from a fact that it will be Morocco. By the way, first they need to qualify, despite the fact that Africa has increased the number of its representatives, this can be a problem.

[Silberman]

I'm not saying Asian teams are better, but still, we know Morocco having a good performance in the last World Cup was a miracle and even the coaches and players in Morocco were not expecting to see their team in the semi-final match. The African teams are most don't have a good financial situation and they can't improve enough, also they have poor management systems,
I think expect to see another miracle from African teams in the 2026 World Cup.

Comparison with Asian, African national teams have quit well and better performance during last several FIFA World Cup edition always have an African national teams success qualifying from quarter final until semifinal stage. Last FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar have Morocco success managed well until semifinal stage and best achievement from Asian national teams is 16th round only. In financial side, Asian have better than African but players composition are balance who play with Europe teams between Asian and African national teams. I think its time for Asian and African national teams dominance in FIFA World Cup exactly on next edition without loss compete from European or South American national teams always success lead until final stage and become the winner.

South Korea made it to the semifinals during the world cup they hosted, so when it comes to the best results African teams and Asians teams have gotten they are even, however those results were the exception and not the rule, the reason European teams and South American teams dominate the world cup is that not only their infrastructure is better, soccer is by far the most popular sport there and in some countries it reaches the fervor that only a religion could generate.