Yeah we're not gonna do the thing where we pretend Netherlands are the "heavy hitters" and Morocco were the plucky underdogs who just scraped through. Morocco are way better
germany lost to paraguay because, when they beat brazil 7-1 in brazil's own world cup, they incurred a substantial karmic debt that will only be repaid by getting dogwalked for seven world cups after the one they won
when europe wins in the world cup: their team is simply superior, the global south can’t compete
when europe loses: the european team woke up on the wrong side of the bed, “are penalties fair?” piece in the new york times, the air that day was heavy, the coach had a tummy ache