Why are South American football teams better than other continents?

There is no doubt that the football level in Europe and South America is the highest in the world, and the special historical background also determines the football style connection between the two continents. From the official languages of South American countries, we can know that Iberian Peninsula has the greatest influence on South America. Except Suriname and French Guiana, the official languages of other countries are Spanish and Portuguese. Most countries use Spanish as the official language, and only Brazil uses Portuguese as the official language. It can be seen that the football style of Iberian Peninsula has a great influence in South America. Spain's bold and unrestrained, Portugal's gorgeous, can be reflected in South American teams. Colombia and Argentina pay attention to short-term infiltration and inherit the Spanish style; Brazil, on the other hand, advocates gorgeous personal skills and is obviously influenced by Portugal. Other teams, such as Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru and Chile. Similarly unrestrained and accurate, Iberian football style is almost deep in South America. Since the19th century, many immigrants from all over the world have come to South America, bringing more and richer football styles. For example, there are many Italian immigrants in Argentina, who brought the rigorous style of Italian football to Argentina, making Argentina's play more conservative and traditional European style than Brazil. Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay rely more on white players to form teams. Among the main teams of these three national teams, it is difficult to find black players, especially mixed-race players. Therefore, these three teams play more closely with European teams. Uruguay and Paraguay have similar styles to Spain, while Argentina combines Spanish and Italian styles, plus their unique "Gaucho" style. The perfect combination of these three styles makes Argentina have smooth cooperation, rigorous cross, tidal offensive and occasional improvisation. Argentine players also have rich imagination and unlimited creativity, which is inherited from South Italy. Brazil is a country with a complex race, and almost every Brazilian has a complex pedigree. Brazilian players simply can't tell which race they belong to. Except for a few white players, others are basically mixed-race players. During the slave trade, most slaves from Africa landed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Portugal attached great importance to colonial cultivation and agricultural development. Some Indians lived in the Amazon rainforest area in northern Brazil, so in the early days of Portuguese colonization, there were three kinds of people in Brazil: white, black and yellow. This ethnic basis leads to the complicated pedigree of modern Brazilians, and the football style in Brazil is also the most complicated in South America. The flexibility and sensitivity of blacks, the creativity and physical quality of whites, and the tough style of Indians are all reflected in the Brazilian team. The biggest difference between Brazilian and European teams is that during the competition, Brazilian players can often see dazzling individual performances. This is the unique style of Brazil-"street style". Brazil is a big football country. Almost everyone loves football and can play it. On the streets, Brazilian teenagers playing street football can be seen everywhere. Most of these Brazilian teenagers are of black or mixed-race black descent, so in the Brazilian team, players with excellent personal skills are often of black descent. This "street style" in Brazil makes them unique in the world and become the top team in the world.

However, due to the geographical relationship, South America and Europe can not contact frequently, which also makes South American football develop its own style different from Europe. Due to the blocking of the Andes, countries on the west side of the Andes, such as Peru, Chile and Colombia, have fewer whites. In these countries, more people are from Mestizos, that is, European whites and Indians. These countries have both European and American styles in style, and the American style is stronger, more extensive and more heroic, without the smooth cooperation and amazing personal performances like Argentina and Brazil. These countries basically broke away from the influence of Europe, created a new football style, paid attention to unity and cooperation, and won the game by their firm will. Therefore, Colombia, Peru and Chile are not in South America. Although there is a certain gap in strength with traditional strong teams, it is still a hard bone for strong teams. For example, Colombia won the Copa America in 2002, the Confederations Cup in 2003, and Chile drew away from Argentina in the 2006 South American World Cup qualifier, all of which can explain the strong and tenacious Indian style of these teams. The "Gaucho" style owned by Argentina is also derived from Indian characters. Gauchos is an Indian nomad living on the grassland of pampas. They are brave and aggressive, with strong self-esteem and pride. The reason why Argentina is different from European teams is that they have a more "high-spirited" style than European teams, which is a strong offensive desire. In the World Cup, Argentina twice encountered the England team that insisted on defensive counterattack. 1998, the argentines destroyed England's "proud" defense line with fierce attacks and wiped it out. However, in 2002, Argentina lost to its own negligence in defense. Prasente made a dangerous defensive move against Owen. Although he didn't do any harm to his opponent, he hardly touched his opponent, but the striker's instinct made Owen fall into the penalty area, and Argentina had to swallow the bitter fruit of being awarded a penalty. 1998, Argentina beat England on penalties, but in 2002, Argentina lost on penalties. This is why Samuel's rise is very important to Argentina, because Argentina, which lacks a reliable central defender, has a sharp attack but a weak defense. Compared with the strong "Gaucho" wind, the "street wind" in Brazil is gentle but wonderful. From romario to Denilson, to the 3R group, almost all Brazilian players have amazing dribbling and incredible ball control ability. Brazil always wins well, and its goals are always wonderful. Teenagers playing football can be seen everywhere in Brazil. In order to get the scout's attention as soon as possible, the children practice basic skills hard, which is how they practice excellent dribbling and controlling the ball.

South America and Europe also have great differences in the motivation to play football. The economic situation in South America is far worse than that in Europe. Making a living from football has become the reason for many South American teenagers to play football. Many South American players come from poor families, and many Brazilian players even come from slums. The desire to change the living conditions of themselves and their families strongly stimulates the teenagers in South America, making them play football extremely hard in order to excel. This also makes South American teams never lack talents, and even "export" talents to Europe or other continents. Deco of the Portuguese national team was originally Brazilian. Camoranesi of the Italian national team was originally from Argentina. Trezeguet of the French team was born and raised in Argentina. There are countless South Americans who play football in European giants, almost stealing the limelight of European players. In Europe, few people play football to change their lives, and the selection of talents is mainly from the echelon of ordinary schools, football schools or clubs. In South America, scouts visit slums, poor areas and abandoned factories and warehouses. Naturally, the reasons why European players play football are even more respectable: for their dreams and for their beliefs. The motivation of South American players is more "vulgar" in the eyes of fans. They are for life, not anything else. Batistuta is even more straightforward: "I play football just to make money!" But the oppression of life makes South American players make more efforts, unlike most European players with better family conditions who play for "talent". Spain is too gorgeous, Portugal will only rely on veterans, Italy is too defensive, the Czech Republic is too lazy, and Germany is too rigid … but few people criticize South American teams. European players tend to blossom alone, while South American players are everywhere and colorful. European teams, each national team probably has only three or four stars at most; South American teams are almost all stars. It is not surprising that South American teams can dominate the world football.

Argentina is mostly descended from Europe, Spain, Italy and other southern European countries. During and after World War II, many Germans moved to Argentina (Manchester United's Heinze is a common German surname), so whites in Argentina account for 97% of the total population, and gauchos accounts for the vast majority of colored people in Argentina. It is also said that gauchos is classified as white, because gauchos is actually a hybrid of Latino white and former South American Indians, with more complicated pedigree. Later, gauchos was often used to refer to Argentines. If Gauchos is black, many people have been selected for Argentina's national team! Riquelme is a typical example. If it's pure black, it really didn't happen.

Brazilians are mixed-race. White people are mostly from Portugal, yellow people are of indigenous Indian descent, and black people are of African descent, mostly mixed-race. Among them, 55.2% are white, 38.2% are mulatto, 6% are black and 0.4% are yellow.

Indians account for 0.2%.

Brazil is a country with a complex race, and almost every Brazilian has a complex pedigree. Brazilian players simply can't tell which race they belong to. Except for a few white players, others are basically mixed-race players. During the slave trade, most slaves from Africa landed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Portugal attached great importance to colonial cultivation and agricultural development. Some Indians lived in the Amazon rainforest area in northern Brazil, so in the early days of Portuguese colonization, there were three kinds of people in Brazil: white, black and yellow. This ethnic basis leads to the complicated pedigree of modern Brazilians, and the football style in Brazil is also the most complicated in South America.