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I hope that the media et al don't shoot the opinion that it's because it was a poor WC and many teams were poor.
You can argue that Germany were poor and Brazil aren't what they were but other teams are filling the gap. France were great the other night and The Japanese were excellent (and very unlucky) against Belgium. If Japan were wearing gold, blue and white the media would have been wetting themselves over some of their play and one of their goals was a stunner.
It's more a case of a change of the guard.
“Hello, I'm your MP. Actually I'm not. I'm your candidate. Gosh.”
Boris Johnson canvassing in Henley, 2005.