Nah Brazil is better than Argentina, that defeat in the final game doesn't mean Argentina is the best team there. Argentina got hard moments advancing to the final game against way weaker team. In fact, current Argentina will not get a chance against any top European team. At the opposite Brazil will be hard to defeat by most. I would say Italy and France would be the ones that can compete Brazil.
I agree. And it's a pity that the bastard corrupt officials from FIFA turned the World Cup into something incomprehensible. I understand that teams like Saudi Arabia or Australia and their fans are pleased with the presence at the World Championships, but this lowers the average strength of this championship, plus many strong national teams (especially from Europe) do not get there.
In ideal conditions, we would see tough competition between these strongest teams, but in fact we see a miserable tournament at the group stage + some really interesting playoff matches.
Haha, you know if that applies, World Cup will become Europe + South America Cup
If we consider Western/Central European teams and Brazil as level 5, Argentina as level 4 then almost all Asian, African and oceanic teams are level 2 max! except Australia, South Korea/Japan, Algeria, Nigeria/Ivory cost/Cameroon and few other teams that can be considered level 3.
The gap is too big, that's why World Cup is a bit annoying at the beginning although we might witness some surprises then things get intense later