Complaining about "weak" European sides participating in the World Cup, but forgetting to mention rubbish like Nigeria, Cameroon and North Korea qualified in '10.
Seriously, a lot more unequal matches are being played at WC than EC. They should get rid of some CONCACAF teams. Why were Costa Rica and Trinidad & Tobago in Germany '06 anyway, or Honduras in South Africa?
And besides, you're so focused on the 2010 edition, but take a look back in time. In 2002, Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia failed to survive the group stage. Only Paraguay and Brazil qualified for the knockout stage. They joined 9 UEFA-teams. In '06 10/16 teams that reached the knockout stage were European.
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Belgium finished 4th in their qualifying group.
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Teams change if you didn't know. Back then we must have had one of the youngest and most unexperienced sides of Europe. Couple that with years of clueless management and a rotten atmosphere, no wonder we failed to qualify for any tournament since WC '02. Today we lead in our group and are talentwise on par with the biggest European nations.