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Club World Cup - South USA Continues to Dominate

• By Copaamerica2015s.com

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• International became a second Brazilian side in a
  row to emerge triumphant from FIFA's Club World
  Cup after beating European and Spanish Champions
  Barcelona 1-0 in Yokohama.
• South America extended a historical advantage
  over their European counterparts with 25
  victories compared to Europe's 21 in the
  different forms the competition has taken over
  the years.

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• So proof then that South American club football
  is better than European? Actually, no. This game
  was arguably International's biggest in their
  history.
• They are not giants of the Brazilian game but a
  solid and (by South American standards) well
  organized club who use relatively few managers
  and have a sensible transfer policy.
• In short they are a well run club in a league
  rife with corruption and managerial changes.

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• With just three Brazilian championships to their
  name, this season's double of the Copa
  Libertadores and Watch Copa America 2015
  Schedule. Club World Cup has been the most
  successful in the Porto Alegre club's history. By
  beating the team of Ronaldinho made the victory
  all the sweeter - the Barca star made his name at
  Inter's fierce rivals Gremio.

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• But to suggest that the success of Latin American
  sides in the competition means that they have a
  similar standard of domestic football to Europe
  is fallible.
• For the South American club's players, it is a
  chance to put one over a side with much higher
  profiles and higher salaries - the incentive is
  huge.
• For the European's it is yet another unwanted
  game in the middle of an already overcrowded
  fixture list.

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• South America, in particular Argentina and
  Brazil, without question produce the largest
  number of top class players of any nation in the
  world but as has been seen over recent years the
  overwhelming majority ply their trade in Europe.

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• One example is the Argentinian pair Lucas Biglia
  and Nicolas Frutos joining Anderlecht, who
  finished bottom of the weakest Champions League
  Group and trail Genk in the Jupiter League in
  Belgium (which is a far weaker standard than the
  Dutch Eeredivisie, let alone the major European
  Leagues).
• So if these players are willing to trade
  Argentina for Belgium what hope do the South
  American club's have when a major Spanish or
  Italian side comes waving the cash?

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• This week it was announced that Real Madrid are
  to sign River Plate's 19 year old forward Gonzalo
  Higuain after less than 50 appearances in
  Argentina's top flight.
• He will join fellow teenager's Sergio Aguero and
  Marcelo in Spain's capital - if players are
  leaving South America so young, what standard of
  players are going to be left on the continent?

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• The truth is that South American League's are
  full of players that are either not deemed good
  enough to move to Europe or have played in Europe
  and moved back either because they failed in
  Europe or for personal reasons.
• The Brazil squad in the World Cup contained just
  three players (Rogerio Ceni, Mineiro and
  Ricardinho - who has since move to Besiktas) who
  played in Brazil.

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• For Argentina, a handful played in South America
  (Abbondanzieri, Tevez and Mascherano have since
  moved to Europe) while Palacio and Ustari surely
  will at some stage in the future.
• So although they are the greatest this link
  producers of football talent, the South American
  domestic championships are full of poorly run
  club's who simply cannot afford to compete with
  their European adversaries.
• The leagues are of a much poorer standard than
  Europe - sad but undoubtedly true.

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• The BBC South American correspondent Tim Vickery,
  who lives and works in South America and loves
  the skill and passion of Latin American football,
  was quoted recently on the subject, "In today's
  globalised world it is simply not enough for a
  player to prove his greatness without succeeding
  in European club football."
• So for a player to be considered of real class in
  South America, he must first prove himself on the
  European stage.

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• Internacional's heroes will now go back to Brazil
  to celebrate (and most probably pray for a call
  from one of Europe's major players) while for
  defeated Barca it is back to the important
  business of retaining La Liga and the Champions
  League.

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