Re: Anyone else rooting against ALL European team?
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I think Mexico's ranking has more to do with:
1) Being one of the very few teams to advance to the 2nd round in the last 3 world cups:
94: 1st in a group with ITA,IRE,NOR (3 European teams)
98: 2nd in a group with NED, BEL, KOR
02: 1st in a group with ITA, CRO, ECU
2) It has some nice results against first-class teams in official competitions. Like beating Brazil (with Ronaldinho) 4-3 to win the confederations cup in 99 and beating Brazil again 1-0 in the Confederations Cup 2005 in Germany.
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yeah, I understand that, but I find it wrong that results from 4, 8, or 12 fricken years ago still affect team rankings. compare that to...basically any other sport.
these teams are completely different now.
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