Home walls — supports fans, or psychological pressure?

In sports there is a common belief that home help wall. By definition, with the support of their fans confront rivals easier, but there are also opposite cases, when the athletes can not stand the psychological pressure from the responsibility that they have, and do not show the level that you expect from their fans.

On different continents is hosting internal competitions – the European championship, Copa America, Asian Cup, African Cup of Nations and CONCACAF Gold Cup. In each of them there were times when the walls was provided by home teams win. Most of these examples, of course, was in the South American Copa America is the oldest of all these. Most often when their audience is the trophy received by the players of Uruguay – 7 times. One home win less in Argentina. "Ball magicians from Brazil has been successful four times. In Africa a slight advantage is the team of Ghana, twice won tournaments on its territory, in 1963 and 1978. Asian Cup at home went to Iran often, but also only 2 times (the other 5 victors have the assets of one successful performance).

Continental European cohort of Champions, winning in their fields – the most modest of all. Only three teams once celebrated a home success Spain (1964), Italy (1968) and France's legendary Michel Platini in composition (1984).

Unifying tournament for all football confederations are the Olympic games, and in 1930 joined the World championship, the first of which, by the way, became victorious for taking the national team of Uruguay. The first Olympics also won the organizers of the games – players from the UK. They once were the best on the planet within Mundial. Then, in 1966, composed of the founding fathers of the game shone the legendary Sir Bobby Charlton led his team to victory. All in the history of the Olympic football tournament two teams were able to treat their fans with what is called "on the spot". In 1920, the Belgians won the tournament in Antwerp, and the gold went to Barcelona Spain. The last one was the best football team in the world face their own fans, were the French in the already distant 1998. And before them, native walls helped Italy, Germany (FRG), Argentina, as well as the above mentioned national teams of Uruguay and England.

Women's football also saw the described cases. In 1999, American women, most often becoming the strongest on the planet, won the title of world Champions at the tournament in the United States that was the only such occurrence of its kind. Girls from the country of stars and stripes became the best in the standings Olympics – the debut of women's soccer at the Summer games in Atlanta.