Oh no,The European football is struggling at the world cup, Oh, the horror!

[Z-tight]

Europe will not always dominate; even though they are dominating currently, I strongly believe that a time will come when Africa will win the World Cup because with every World Cup there is a clear observation of steady progress that African teams are making.

I don't have a crystal ball to see the future, but i believe we are very far from that happening. Morocco did very well in the 2022 World Cup, making it to the Semi Final, but in the 2026 world cup, they couldn't make it past the quarter Final, so they were unable to improve on their last performance.

Only two continents have won the world cup (Europe and South America) since its inception. And they are the only continents still represented in this tournament, so that is how 'easily' they have been dominating the competition and i expect it to continue.

[lovesmayfamilis]

It's obvious that Europe will always dominate the World Cup in terms of having many national teams going far, at least until the day other continents have leagues better than Europe's. In the past, Brazil and Argentina are currently the only teams that can at least take the World Cup title away from the Europeans.

Europe will not always dominate; even though they are dominating currently, I strongly believe that a time will come when Africa will win the World Cup because with every World Cup there is a clear observation of steady progress that African teams are making.

We are not there yet, but we will get there.

Something is bound to happen sometime. Fans have the right to dream and support their idols. But it's not a fact that we will be witnesses. But speaking of Europe and Africa, it's quite difficult to compare now. If someone could analyze the entire training of the European teams, their medical care, their training camps, and, of course, their financial capabilities, then I'm sorry, Africa is not worth it here. Therefore, yes, it's not harmful to dream, but for now, Europe✌️, we need to accept it.🤷‍♀️

[SportbetOne]

If someone could analyze the entire training of the European teams, their medical care, their training camps, and, of course, their financial capabilities, then I'm sorry, Africa is not worth it here. Therefore, yes, it's not harmful to dream, but for now, Europe✌️, we need to accept it.🤷‍♀️

You are totally right about the huge gap in infrastructure and funding. The irony is that the best African players end up moving to European leagues to get that exact level of training anyway. Raw talent can come from anywhere, but Europe just has the money and facilities to actually polish it.

[stompix]

Well, the statement about European football struggling at the world cup isn't completely wrong. Italy didn't even qualify for the World Cup finals,

I fail to understand how Italy getting beaten by other European teams makes European football weaker!
If your wife starts making more money than you, your family gets poorer?

Well accepted and taken but the fact is still standing for itself that African teams do well from the start of every game. African teams are no longer push away easily. I can't remember if an African teams lost by 4 or 5 goals at this tournament, none. In fact, most loses were as a result of late minutes loss of concentration. African teams will keep getting better at the world stage.
If the economy and financial propriety of Africa continent can improve like her football then other continent will not stand up to them at the world stage.

Oh god, this again!

Morocco's 26-man squad includes six players born in France: Redouane Halhal, Gessime Yassine, Samir El Mourabet, Neil El Aynaoui, Issa Diop and Ayyoub Bouaddi. Although all six were born in France, their family roots are in Morocco.

6 playes of the Moroccan team were born in France, they have spent all their life in France, they have trained with the U-16 and U-21 France team, they have never come in contact with all the things you blame African football for.

Look at Mbaye, who plays for Senegal:

Ibrahim Mbaye[2] was born on 24 January 2008 in Trappes, Yvelines, Île-de-France region, Northern France
Mbaye started his youth career in 2013 at ES Guyancourt before joining Versailles in 2015.
In 2018, at the age of 10, he joined the Paris Saint-Germain Academy.
In the 2023–24 season, while aged 16, Mbaye helped the PSG under-19s achieve victory in the Championnat National U19 play-offs,
At the 2024 Montaigu Tournament, he helped the France under-16s achieve victory while picking up the award for the competition's best player.
He was part of the France under-18s that finished third in the 2024 Lafarge Foot Avenir.

What is Senegalese about him? Lol!
How would Senegal improving its economy make him play better?   

[KTChampions]

So it's time to bring up this topic again 

So, in the game between the European champion and the American champion, the American champion failed to make a single shot on target, and it seems the whole strategy was to wait for the penalty shootout 
Argentina showed themselves to be lumberjacks, whiners, malingerers, but not football players. They were extremely lucky, however, as the score was only 1-0 in Spain's favour and extra time was needed.

So, what do we have? Argentina got to the final thanks to an incredibly easy path. What other good non-European team do we have? Morocco were good, who else? I can't name a single team that was truly good and could compete with the Europeans, and I remember the time when Uruguay with Forlán could beat anyone, and now Brazil is losing to Norway.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

So basically what all the stats are saying... nothing changed overall, just the names making the stats!  

I laughed a lot when I read comments saying that Europe was doing badly in this World Cup; people thought the Europeans were going to fail. Unfortunately, they forget that the best football leagues are in Europe and that the best players from most national teams play in Europe, which shows Europe's great dominance in football.

It's obvious that Europe will always dominate the World Cup in terms of having many national teams going far, at least until the day other continents have leagues better than Europe's. In the past, Brazil and Argentina are currently the only teams that can at least take the World Cup title away from the Europeans.

I never argued about Europe's dominance in world class football, they are simply the best and I believe no one who loves to tell him or herself the truth will argue about that.
And the truth is that someone who is weak and wishes to get better would first start by knowing his weakness and accepting it, this is how he or she can begin looking for solutions that could possibly help him get better..

In all those threads created africa getting better and advancing and all, my comments have always pointed out one thing, and that is that African footballer can never be better than the Europeans until we start to maybe copy how those European countries invest so much capture and train their players while they are still very young and vibrant, unlike Africa where a 40 years old man will be playing as under 18 or under 20, it's really absurd and this one reason why African football is struggling, it's all about under-investmemt and under-development, if this things can be fixed, african, has the potential to challenge a European country in a world Cup final.