For many football fans, the center of the football world is undoubtedly in Europe, after all, there are five major leagues and the Champions League, and when there is no World Cup, we can see wonderful football matches, but there are still many strong teams on the South American continent. Some people say that there are no weak teams in South America, although the South American teams do not seem to be weak when it comes out, but when it comes to the degree of attention, it is natural that Brazil and Argentina have the most attention.
Although Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina have all won the World Cup, the era of Uruguay winning the championship is too old, and many fans seem to have forgotten the glory of this team. Although Uruguay is also rich in many strikers, its relatively clear positioning in the World Cup is actually at the level of the top 8 or so. If you play well, this team can enter the semi-finals, and if you don't play well, it may be difficult to qualify for the group stage.
However, Argentina and Brazil can be said to be the favorites to win every World Cup, and they also have a considerable number of fans. And the South American team in the 21st century has won the World Cup twice, and it is these two teams that have won it. Therefore, there is almost no doubt that the South American derby is Brazil versus Argentina.
However, there seems to be a little more doubt about which European derby it will be. So let's first look at which two teams can be called a European derby from two dimensions.
First of all, let's talk about the European Cup, the fiercely competitive European Cup has given birth to a total of ten champions, and even the Sanya King Netherlands team in the World Cup has won the European Cup, which is also a kind of dream. Despite the number of European Championship titles, there are still a few teams that have done a little better, and Italy has equaled France in the number of titles won in 21 years. France and Italy are both two European Championship winners. And more successful than them are, naturally, Germany and Spain. Germany have won the European Championship three times in their history, in 1972, 1980 and 1996. At the same time, the German team is far ahead of the European Championship runners-up, and they have won the European Championship runners-up three times in total.
The Spanish team has also won the European Championship three times, and Spain's three championships are a bit of a latecomer, during the Spanish dynasty, the Spanish team won the 2008 European Championship and the 2012 European Championship in a row, and they also made a breakthrough in the World Cup, winning the 2010 World Cup.
In this sense, the contest between Spain and Germany seems to be a European derby. At the club level, the matchup between Real Madrid and Bayern in the Champions League has also been paid attention to by the majority of netizens, and it is known as the European derby. This title actually has a certain origin.
And in the history of the World Cup, it may be a different dimension. In the 2006 World Cup final, Italy defeated France on penalties and lifted the Hercules Cup. It wasn't until the 2014 World Cup that Germany defeated Argentina in the final to win their fourth World Cup trophy.
However, these two teams are still far ahead of other European teams, with only France winning the World Cup twice, while England and Spain have only won the World Cup once. It can be said that the two teams of Italy and Germany represent the highest level in Europe at the World Cup level.
However, the recent results of Germany and Italy are indeed intriguing, with Italy having failed to qualify for two consecutive World Cups and have not even made it out of the group once since winning the 2006 World Cup. And the state of the German team is not much better, they have always been able to break into the semi-finals of the tournament in the past, but after winning the World Cup in 2014, they basically fell in the group stage for two consecutive years, and they lost South Korea to Japan, so I really don't know who will lose next....
However, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the ancestors of the two teams are still very broad, so the match between the two teams may be called a European derby. However, there is a point that cannot be ignored in terms of style of play, the German team is relatively afraid of Italy, and they are restrained by France. If the opponents of the derby play restrained each other, can it still be considered a good derby?