pizzahut451 said:
So whats the point of calling it a world cup? And other countries cant jus ''pick up'', they need something to push football as sport in that country. Look what WC 2002 did in Japan andn Korea, they are both pretty solid national teams and they were pretty bad before the WC 2002 |
You mean, the Same Japan who's highest FIFA ranking came in 1997?
And the Same Korea who's highest FIFA ranking came in... 1998?
Then who both plummeted quite a bit before the world cup in Korea?
Their historical rankings so no world cup effect all... if anything it shows that the pressure makes local teams worse, which FIFA covers for during the actual world cup season by inflating their rankings.
I noticed you left out South Africa.. because well... their soccer program took a huge downfall since they got the WC.
Qatar will be the weakest host country in hisotry. They may be the first host country to not score a goal. Who does that really benefit?








