FIFA World Cup: South America disagrees with Arsene Wenger’s biennial World Cup scheme: Over the last few months, there has been a lot of talk regarding the biennial World Cup scheme introduced by FIFA. When the news floated for the first time South American teams showed slight interest but recently CONMEBOL revealed that there is hardly any motivation, benefit or even justification to move away from an age old tradition. Hence they have confirmed that they have no intention to support FIFA’s biennial World Cup scheme.
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The CONMEBOL in total have 10 voters and their disagreement with this scheme is a big blow for the plan put in place by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.
The World Cup started way back in 1930 in South America and teams like Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay have nine titles in total and have some of the biggest players featuring for them.
The main reason for disagreement for South America is that they have looked at the small print. Wenger’s plan will create a major qualification ruckus as there will be too many matches involving too much travelling something that the teams cannot afford.
The qualifiers are the only time when the fans get to see their players play for their nation. Otherwise, they are mostly playing in front of a European crowd. So the qualifiers are when they come home to play in front of their people.
FIFA World Cup: Then there is the question of too many games. The qualifiers in South America are a gruelling 18 rounds where a particular team needs to be consistent to qualify for the World Cup. Also, the Copa America has no qualifiers so when European teams are fighting it out to qualify for the Euros, South America is once again preparing for the next World Cup.
However, the biennial plan is great for smaller nations. The marathon format of South American in the World Cup qualifiers have done wonders for smaller nations. Teams like Ecuador, Colombia, Paraguay and Chile have proven their prowess in the quadrennial event in the last decade or so.
The development is mainly because of the World Cup qualifiers as regular matches give them an opportunity to generate more income which means better coaching staff and more development of youth.
The past week was the thirteenth round in the World Cup qualifiers and in most games, there was a lot to play for. So there is no reason why they will give it up for just another World Cup every two years.
FIFA World Cup: South America disagrees with Arsene Wenger’s biennial World Cup scheme
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