Europe assured to extend his series of consecutive wins to 4

The four semi-finalists of this year's tournament in Russia will be European. The most powerful continent of world football is also guaranteed to win its fourth consecutive title in a fourth country.

The overwhelming dominance of Europe in club football – fueled by wealth to recruit the world's best talent – is also playing out on the world. Cup Stadium.

The last South American hopes of the tournament were eliminated Friday in the first two quarterfinal matches. Brazil, last non-European winner in 2002, was beaten by Belgium 2-1 and Uruguay lost to France 2-0.

The European final quartet will be finished on Saturday: England will face Sweden and Russia will face Croatia In the other two quarterfinals,

Asked Friday on the strength of Europe, Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said that "the reality of 39; a financial point of view from a historical point of view "could not be ignored. "It's something that goes without saying," said the veteran coach, who led Uruguay to the semifinals in 2010.

At the time, the # Uruguay was eliminated by the Netherlands, who lost to Spain. began with Italy in 2006, Spain followed four years later, and Germany resumed in 2014.

A title for France or England in Moscow July 15 would keep the glory in a closed circle of countries whose national teams, national leagues and television markets are known as "B Europe" ig Five ": Spain, Italy and Italy. 39, Germany are the others

They host the richest and most prestigious clubs, attract the most important broadcast offers in the world and place most teams in the Champions League.The five will have 19 of 32 seats next season.

It's a virtuous circle that helps to win more prizes and build lucrative global brands.

It also attracts top players from other continents, and Neymar was almost late in arriving from Brazil to Barcelona when he was 21. If the wave of talent that ar in Europe denies playing time to domestic players, this also increases the level of play.

In these five countries, national federations and clubs have the money and an obligation to invest in coaching programs for young people and continue to produce talent. National centers such as Clairefontaine in France and more recently St. George's Park in England have their own strong identity.

Now even Croatia and Sweden are close to their first place in the semi-finals since the 1990s, revealing the European depth Craves

Since the 1982 World Cup, when a semi-final has been reinstated, 40 teams will have been involved and Europe has provided 31. South America has eight and South Korea in 2002 is the other country.

Africa has never had a semifinalist and has managed to advance any of its five teams since the group stage in Russia. Japan was the only one of the five Asian Confederation teams to reach the round of 16, losing against Belgium.

He adds to another European semifinal, after 2006 and 1982.

Europe got 14 places in the team of 32 The World Cup in Russia (44 percent), although it currently has 20 of the 32 best teams in the FIFA rankings. European dominance increases further in the range: 10 of the 16 rounds (62 percent); six of the quarter-finals (75%); all semifinalists (100 percent).

The domination of European clubs is even greater when one looks at the World Cup lists. A total of 74% of the players selected for the tournament – 544 out of 736 – are employed by teams in Europe.