Kasz216 on 06 December 2010
Except... all the stats seem to show it hasn't... it doesn't help the countries economically and "smaller market" teams seem to shrink from the pressure rather then improve.
Heck, look at South Africa. Anywhere else in the world... I think they preform better then they did.
Africa as a whole underperformed. Everyone thought Africa would get a boost like Europeon and South American teams get, but in the end they cracked under the pressure and if anything played worse.
Having home field advantage in the cup only helps a team if the team has the swagger and belief they deserve to be there in the first place. Otherwise they're just worried about surviving long enough to not embaress themselves.
You gotta be in it to win it.
