Mbappe's return from the first leg of the Europe-Austria tie, where he missed a solo shot and hit the bridge of his nose with an opponent's head at the end of the game, is yet to be determined. The virtually the best active player in the world can be eliminated from Europe's round of 16. Although the first leg of this match was a 1-0 drubbing, the optimism of the later stages of the campaign depends on the injury.
Before Cada World, Mbappe had said, "In the last few world championships, European soccer has had the advantage of playing at a high level for a long time."
But then Argentina beat France in a PK battle to win the world title, which led to Mbappe's comments being mocked.
Mbappe added that before playing in Europe this time, "Europe is more complicated than the world, European teams know each other very well and it's hard to play at the beginning of the group stage". . This statement has raised the hackles of South American players, including Argentina's Paredes and Brazil's Rafinha, who have said that Mbappe has the freedom to speak his mind, but that South American soccer is not bad. Messi also spoke about Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and that there are more strong teams in the world.
So exactly which is harder, the world or Europe, depends first of all on how well European teams have won the world championship.
European countries win world championships
The first thing to realize is that the European competition began in 1960, but by 1976, there were only four teams from the countries that played in those five sessions. If you want to compare, the monitoring may be relatively low because the conditions for entering the tournament within the conference are so strict. In addition, due to off-field factors such as politics, some countries did not participate in the qualifying rounds, so the world is seen as a cut-off point from 1978.
First of all, the European teams that won the World Championship, after the 1978 World Championship, the first European country to win the World Championship was Italy in 1982. Two years later, they were eliminated in the 1984 European qualifying round. There was only one win in eight matches, and even a draw with Cypress.
In fact, in 1982, the best Daly championship in the world was already amazing. We were able to finish second in the group stage. After qualifying, we beat Argentina, Brazil, Poland and West Germany in succession to win the title, with Paolo Rossi winning the Golden Boot with six goals. Two years later, Italy faced a rebuild and dropped out of qualifying very early on.
From 1990 to West Germany, coached by the 'Emperor of Soccer', Biegenbauer, they beat Argentina 1-0 in the final, which was West Germany's last appearance in the tournament, and three months after the tournament, East and West Germany merged.
Two years later, in Europe 1992, West Germany became Germany. They advanced to the knockout rounds with a thrilling 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss in the group stage, before going down 0-2 to Denmark in the late final in Sweden. This year, Europe was also famous for the Danish fairy tale. They went from supplementing Yugoslavia to finally managing to win the title.
France peaked in 1998, which is now a relatively modern thing. Xidan scored two goals against Brazil in the final, beating them 3-0 and winning France its first world title. That year's finalist, 'The Alien', has so far remained a mystery as to the form of the big man.
Two years later, France fought again with the same European team, which had expanded to 16 teams after 1996 from the previous 8. France again faced the same strong Italian team in the final. France defeated Italy in a PK battle in the 1998 World Eights. This time, the same European team played an extended game before Trezeguet's golden goal eliminated Italy 2-1. It was the first team in history to win the world and then be able to win the European title.
All members of the 2006 unfavored Italians were soldiers, capable of attacking and defending. The whole tournament scored only one 12-yard goal and his own oval. He avenged France in the final to win the title, with Sydan headbutting Materazzi to end his career.Europe 2008, when Spain's invincible fleet was at its peak. Italy dragged Spain to a 2-4 defeat in the last eight after a PK battle.
The 2010 World Champions, Spain, also won the 2012 European Championship. From 2008 to 2012, Spain, which in the past could not be considered a superlative top performer in international competitions, played passing and controlled soccer to the extreme, winning three consecutive international competitions, including the only one in Europe that has been able to accomplish the feat of back-to-back domination so far, which is very rare in the history of international soccer.
In 2014, Germany beat the landlord in the world's top four in Brazil, the soccer kingdom of Brazil completely humiliated. 7-1 defeat of the opponent after the final to face Messi's Argentina to win the title with Götze's game-winning. Two years later, in Europe, Germany lost 0-2, stopping in the quarterfinals, facing France to start the mighty Majong.
Finally, France, who won the world title in 2018, had a fully ushered in lineup for Europe as the new crown pneumonia extended for a year. 2021 saw them face Switzerland, not a traditional powerhouse, in front of the round of 16, and were tied with a 3-1 lead before being eliminated in a PK battle.
