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Population has its relevance but its nowhere near as relevant as you are making it out to be. Uruguay has 3 million people and ARE one of the best teams in the world. Costa Rica has few people and are a relatively good team. So many factors that are far more important. Just because a nation has...

2 semi-finals and have Suarez, Cavani, Godin, Gimenez, and plenty of other good players who are capable of beating any team on their day. They are one of the best teams in the world. Are Brazil not one of the best sides there is, given they have no finals since 2002?

Uruguay are one of the best teams in the world and in South America though, that's where you are wrong. I don't believe in what ifs either. I could say that if Uruguay had Brazil's population, they would win every world cup there is. Means fuck all, they have 3 million and that's how it will...

I am saying that football needs to be a dominant sport. I am also saying that it has nothing to do with population but instead, percentage of interest in the sport. If population was so relevant, there is no reason for Uruguay and Iceland to be good.

Low is an average coach tactically in my eyes, but if you want a good team builder, you don't get much better than him.

You are contradicting yourself. USA has the population of Brazil just about, and they aren't even in the World Cup in a shitty qualifying zone. Its the 5th sport in the country and its not big in China or India either. Population is ABSOLUTELY irrelevant. Canada are another example. Great...

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Actually I'm wrong there, they are at 43 million but my point stands. Population is absolutely irrelevant. The USA should of won the World Cup by now and they aren't even in it. Percentage of interest in the sport is much more important.

Argentina doesn't have 40 million. Quit lying to yourself.

Neither do Iceland and with not even 1 million people, they have managed to be better than China and India. Peru has had talent along the decades that don't make it due to poor career decisions or the national team underperformed. Population has nothing to do with anything. Uruguay have been...

Ok, then why aren't China and India in the World Cup? Why are Uruguay in every world cup and Peru being their first world cup in 40 years, if San Juan de Lurigancho is a 3rd of Uruguay's population?

Costa Rica reaching the quarter finals was a one time thing. They are a good side indeed, but they aren't as good as the last world cup suggested. I think they'll go through their group this time and that will be that.

Dude, no one cares about population. San Juan de Lurigancho (district in Lima) has THREE times the population of Iceland. Iceland is in the World Cup and finished first in their qualifying group ahead of Croatia. We don't have a huge national pool either. We have a really good group of 23 but...

Tell that to the last 12 teams we've faced.

We beat Iceland 3-1 last night. Friendly or not, we are playing marvellous football and I think we're well prepared for the tournament. What I find sad is that in that group, one good side will go out. Be it us, Denmark or France. All due respect to Australia but they aren't up to par compared...

We play Iceland on tuesday. For our own good, I hope we lose. I don't want us to become what Chile became: arrogant. We are the second best team in our group to France on form, but if we believe us to be this "unbeatable" team that we're not, we won't make it far in Russia. Denmark are not that...

Welcome back :o had no idea you returned.

We beat Croatia yesterday. We're now 11 games unbeaten which is mental. Last time we lost was in 2016.

We're 8th in nations sold so far. Not even expats, they are locals! You can see how much this means to us.

Nope. Too expensive due to trip length. I wasted my money on the New Zealand trip :(