If Brazil were split into 27 national teams with each state having its own team, which states would be the best?
>>152546790Europe is way more fragmented yet we won more world cupsthink about it for a secondhow many world cups would Brazil have won if they were split into 30 separate countries
>>152546857If there were 36 CONMEBOL nations, they'd get more places at the World Cup, reducing the number of mid-tier European teams capable of knocking them out. At very least, the quarter finals would be more balanced instead of it being UEFAwinslol
>>152546857>we
>>152546875>If there were 36 CONMEBOL nations, they'd get more places at the World Cupthey already have an excessive amount>You lose 8 games (that's 60% of your fixtures so far)>You still go into a WC playoff against New Zealandnow imagine something elsehow many world cups a unified euro country the size of Brazil aka {Spain+France+Germany} would win? they would 7-1 their way to every trophy
>>152546911now imagine if we cared about soccer
useless meat - show legs. Oh wait, they always skip leg day. Show your running times, then.
>>152546790São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro would be the best. By population, the top is is like>São Paulo (46,000,000)>Minas Gerais (21,500,000)>Rio de Janeiro (17,500,000)>Bahia (15,000,000)>Parana (12,000,000)>Rio Grande do Sul (11,250,000)The most talent and the biggest clubs are in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, especially in clusters. These two could definitely play a role at a World Cup. I think the others, even Minas Gerais, would struggle to qualify unless the number of spots for South America is increased. If qualified, they would likely be solid compared to the good non-Euro nations, but lose against the first heavyweight and therefore never actually go far. Rio and Paulo however could make a deep run if things align for themSplintering like that would severely weaken Brazil though, as the talent from one country would be distributed across many states. As a result, I don’t see any of them winning the World Cup, probably not even being a real challenger (semifinal). But I think Brazil would fare better than other states you could split up, because Brazil has lots of professional footballers, so there should be some squad depth you would not expect from most nations
>>152547146To correct myself a bit: I wouldn’t put a semifinal beyond their capabilities, but they would not be a regular sight and likely lose every time. Brazil itself is not a lock for semifinals at the moment after all. I think Minas Gerais would still qualify, and Bahia would have good chances. If they give South America 10 spots, I could see all six listed states qualify if things align for them. Four should be pretty easyI don’t actually know that much about how much talent the states produce, though. That would require Brazilian input. I am just going by club presence and population here
>>152547146I definitely think Sao Paulo would have like 1-2 world cups. Rio, Belo Horizonte, Parana and RGdS would be somewhere between Netherlands and Switzerland-tier. All the other states would have -- at best -- the Round of 16 be their best all-time WC performance.
>>152546790Rio de janeiro>>152546857You are acting like a brazilian
... How many states is a brazillion?
>>152546790what do you care? are you a brazilian?
>>152547645I'm more thinking about how these states would do compared to other countries. Like which states would be Netherlands-tier, Ecuador-tier, Guatemala-tier, etc.
>>152546790Fixed that map for you OP
>>152547607>You are acting like a brazilianthanks
>>152547591Historically, good chance that São Paulo would have won a World Cup. Nowadays, I don’t see it
>>152546790Talemted players have come from many states but rio jas the highest number of talented players. Sao paulo has a huge population amd economkc capacityRio grande do sul has good coaches and uruguayan mindset
In the 1930world cup , sao paulo amd rio de janeiro federations had an argunent and so paulo refused to send players.Sao paulo amd rio are always on quarrels
1958 World Cup winning players by state of birth:Sao Paulo - 9Rio de Janeiro - 6Minas Gerais - 2Alagoas - 2Rio Grande do Sul - 1Bahia - 1Pernambuco - 11978 World Cup 3rd place players by state of birth:Sao Paulo - 8Rio de Janeiro - 6Minas Gerais - 5Rio Grande do Sul - 1Bahia - 1Parana - 1
>>1525487422002 World Cup winning players by state of birth:Sao Paulo - 8Bahia - 4Parana - 3Minas Gerais - 2Rio Grande do Sul - 2Federal District - 2Rio de Janeiro - 1Pernambuco - 12022 World Cup quarterfinalist players by state of birth:Sao Paulo - 12Rio de Janeiro - 5Rio Grande do Sul - 3Minas Gerais - 2Bahia - 2Espirito Santo - 1Acre - 1Now I'm sure that circumstances and opportunities would be very different if the states were actually all different countries, but it's still an interesting comparison.
>>152546857>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>we
>>152547817Is Mato Grosso populated by Germans?
>>152546790São Paulo and Rio would dominate. This isn’t rocket science, it’s just like California being far and away the most successful U.S. state at the Olympics. High Population + wealth (a relative term in Brazil but still) = sports success
>>152549408>Walker>Stones>Cooke>Maguire>Milner>Phillips>Greenwood>Haland>Vardy>FalcaoQuite a few other solid Premiership/Championship players from Yorkshire too, would definitely have an outside chance at qualifying for the World Cup.
>>152546790Redpill me on Minas Gerais / Cruzeiro. Does that team even have fans?
>>152550064Why wouldn't Cruzeiro have fans?Though I am a bit shocked to see their attendance ... 44,089 average in a stadium with a capacity of 62,000? In a pretty good season? And they're second in the attendance ranking
>>152550064Ronaldo R9 saved Cruzeiro, they were sunked into second division filled with debts till he bought them. I don't know anything about Minas Gerais despite my father being from there lol.
>>152550149cute pardinha
>>152546857The best Brazilian natioanl teams were 1958, 1962 and 1970 and those were 99% only players from Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
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>>152550064Minas Gerais has 21 million people and Cruzeiro is one of their big 2 teams so yes they have fans
>>152546891>>152549295Goddamn right >we. Kick rocks, third world cucks. Europeans are the protagonists of existence.
>>152548742>>152548785Totals:Sao Paulo - 37Rio de Janeiro - 18Minas Gerais - 11Bahia - 8Rio Grande do Sul - 7Parana - 4Pernambuco - 2Federal District - 2Alagoas - 2Espirito Santo - 1Acre - 1
>>152552739Always fun to see brown, borderline-thirdie Balkanoids try to lump themselves in with the rest of Europe
