The Spanish national football continues to make history. The Red has won the European Championship in Poland and Ukraine 2012 crowning a magnificent era in which the titles were also obtained from the Austria and Switzerland, South Africa 2008 and 2010. Will this team go agigantando his legend?
With the Euro gained on Sunday, Spain added his third major title in a row: Euro 2008, the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012. The next objective is clear: to defend the title won in South Africa. But now there is a big hurdle to overcome: the history.
It happens that the next World Cup is played in Brazil and a European team has never won on American soil. 7 have been the world played in the Americas (Uruguay 1930, Brazil 1950, Chile 1962, Mexico 1970, Argentina 1978, Mexico 1986 and United States 1994). All were in the hands of South American teams: Brazil won 3 (that of Chile, in Mexico '70 and '94 U.S.), Argentina 2 (which played at home in '78 and Mexico '86) Uruguay and other 2 (that of '30, played at home, and 50's played in Brazil where there was the memorable Maracanazo).
The other "obstacle" is the local computer. Whenever a selected play at home is strong candidate to win the title and in this case, the host is the team with the most World Cups (Brazil won 5 World). To highlight the importance of home advantage, enough will remember that of the 8 teams that won world title 6 achieved playing at home: Uruguay in the 30s, Italy in '34, England in '66, Germany in '74 , Argentina in '78 and France '98). The funny thing is that Brazil and Spain are the only champions who did not win at home (although it should be noted that Germany, France and Italy hosted two World Cups each and only won once playing at home).
Can the Red twist history and selected to become the first European to win in America?
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