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Anything but Southern Comfort
Updated: July 3, 2010, 6:32 PM ET
By
Jemele Hill | ESPN.com
JOHANNESBURG -- The last 48 hours have been rough for South American World Cup favorites.
A day after Brazil was ousted, South America's hopes of capturing the World Cup took another serious blow when the Germans humiliated Argentina in Cape Town and Spain defeated Paraguay, leaving just one South American team in the semifinals.
South America's sudden freefall has been shocking and surprisingly swift, particularly when you consider how South American teams dominated ...
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