Why South America Is So Good at Football

(atlasdevelopment.substack.com)

4 points | by gmays 9 hours ago

5 comments

chistev 4 hours ago

Are they? European football is the highest level.
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- defrost 4 hours ago
```
  FIFA World Cup finals
  Founded 1930; 96 years ago

  Current champions  Argentina (3rd title)
  Most championships  Brazil (5 titles)
```
  ~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_finals
- anemoiac 3 hours ago
  
  The article's dek is relevant here:
  > The region isn’t the world’s richest, or its most populous, or the one that spends the most on sport. Yet in men’s football it has spent decades performing far above what its economy would predict.
- rondaerth92 4 hours ago
  
  Please remind us who the current champion is?
  Cheers
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  - chistev 3 hours ago
    
    3 of the 4 semi-finalists are European countries.