I know what you mean. Fact is that the World Cup is every 4 years and is a very short tournament - so they cannot make it as 'truly representative' of THE best team the way that domestic leagues such as the EPL that are played over almost a year are.iambiguous wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 3:57 am I love what we call soccer here in America. Played it for years and years.
But let's face it, when it comes to the World Cup, what does it really mean to win the tournament? Most games are won by a goal or two. It's like, really, given this or that break, either team could have won. At least with sports like baseball here in America, the best team has to win 4 of seven games in both the league championship series and in the World Series.
With the World Cup, teams that get knocked out early because they lose their games by one goal? Sure, if one team was beating all the other teams 4 to 0, 5 to 2, 6 to 1 etc, that would surely be an indication of superiority. But the way things are now?
Of course, what makes fútbol the "beautiful game" is that each goal is of such dramatic, spectacular importance.
However, when you consider that in the group stages you've got to perform to make it to the 16, and then you have to win EVERY game - it does wittle out the great teams from the ordinary.