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This is in continuation to the Europe Vs. South America Football World cup rivalry which has been going for ages, to know the history regarding this , refer to my earlier article.
Let’s take a look at the contenders from both Europe ans South America this Football World Cup.
Europe
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England (8)
France (9)
Germany (6)
Greece (13)
Italy (5)
Netherlands (4)
Portugal (3)
Serbia (15)
Slovakia (34)
Slovenia (25)
Spain (2)
Switzerland (24)South America
Argentina (7)
Brazil (1)
Chile (18)
Paraguay (31)
Uruguay (16)
The unexpected!
The ugly!
Head To Head Meetings
Group Stages
 | Greece | 0:2 | Argentina |  |
 | Italy | 1:1 | Paraguay |  |
 | Slovakia | 0:2 | Paraguay | |
 | Portugal | 0:0 | Brazil |  |
 | Chile | 1:0 | Switzerland |  |
| Chile | 1:2 | Spain |  |
 | Uruguay | 0:0 | France |  |
5 out of 5 South American nations qualified for the knock out group while only 6 of 13 European nations qualified with some noticeable absentees such as Italy and France.
Result: South America 3 – 1 Europe
The great
The awesome!
Knock out Stages
Quarter-finals
 | Netherlands | 2:1 | Brazil | |
| Argentina | 0:4 | Germany |  |
| Paraguay | 0:1 | Spain | |
Semi-finals
| Uruguay | 2:3 | Netherlands | |
These are the matches that mattered the most and the Argentines and the Brazilians all failed to deliver, only Uruguay could get through but were again beaten convincingly by a superior European power.
The sad
Result: South America 0 – 4 Europe
Everyone was hoping for a dream Argentina and Brazil final, but as it panned out none of the teams made it even to the semi-finals, instead we saw European dominance at it’s best. South Americans were only good enough to beat weaker European teams such as Slovakia, Switzerland but when they came up against the likes of Spain and Netherlands there passing and physical game did not match upto the fast paced one touch European style soccer.
VERDICT
After years of see-saw game,Europe will be able to grab back to back World Cup come Sunday and so the World Cup count will be :
South America 9 – 10 Europe
