| Kasz216 said: 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.
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. |
1930 Uruguay host = Uruguay wom
1934 Italy host = Italy won
1966 England host = England won
1974 Germany host = Germany won
1978 Argentina host=Argentina won
1998 France host = France won
2002 South Korea host= South Korea 4th (their best achivment yet, i believe)
Theres your stats...
