No more South Americans

The Uruguayans are out. The Brazilians are out. They were KO’d by France and Belgium.

The Uruguayans badly missed Edinson Cavani, who was injured.

The Brazilians badly missed Casemiro, the world’s most valuable player, who was suspended for having accumulated too many yellow cards.

The Brazilians scored a decisive goal against themselves, and the Uruguayans missed a few golden chances to even the score against the French. That’s the problem with the World Cup, I think. It doesn’t matter how good a team is in the qualifying phase, or in the World Cup’s group stage, or in an early knockout round. A country only needs to be unlucky in the wrong match.

Four more years down the drain.