Does the rest of Europe and the world dislike international breaks as much as we do in England ?

I was having this discussion with friends and I think it directly correlates with the quality of the league of your country.

For example Spain England Germany will dislike them as they would prefer to see their clubs playing , but for Croatia their national team is better than their club teams so they enjoy it.

I could be totally wrong so please let me know !

  • Jacobus315@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I’m in the US and I’m not that interested in watching the US team. It feels like watching MLS, which I find boring compared to PL.

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    10 months ago

    I don’t know what hurts more, no prem football, or actually watching the Swedish national team play

  • Kapika96@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Just wait, it’s gonna get worse. I recently learned that from 2025 (I think?) the Sept/Oct international breaks are being merged together to create a 3 week long international break covering the end of Sept/beginning of Oct.

  • Alucard661@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I’m Mexican I hate the international break and wish international soccer would just die. Between corrupt officials in CONCACAF the corruption in Liga MX and FEMEXFUT, the corruption in FIFA the lack of rest the drop in quality the drunk and disorderly fans the fights and stabbings in friendlies in the US. I’m just over international soccer and I watch it less and less I’m still a bit nostalgic for the World Cup but yet another WC in the Middle East where thousands will die from heat and slave labor building stadiums is starting to make me hate that even more.

  • gustavum@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    In Brazil, our league is getting better and better; the fifth has the same chances to win as the leader. Now we have to wait 15 days to see the outcome.

  • quickdrawesome@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Australians mostly love them. We get to watch our best go at it. And occasionally it’s not at 2 or 3 am for once!

    It was even better when ange was boss :)

  • listkiewska@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I used to like it, until one of the best players of my favourite team in my country had a somewhat serious injury 🥲

  • rompthegreen@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Yes!

    I have children and look forward to waking up early on weekends (in California), take a bong rip and enjoy the EPL game I believe will be most entertaining of the day.

    With international breaks, I might look forward to watching 1, maybe 2 games. Some are on weekdays so it leaves nothing worth watching on weekend mornings when I have a little time to myself.

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    10 months ago

    I’m from America, and unless it’s the world cup, I hate international breaks. I would much rather watch my club play than watch the US play St Kitts, Trinidad & Tobago, or Uzbekistan.

  • RickySal@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Me personally I don’t care for internationals, I’m more of a club guy but idm international breaks, only annoying thing is waiting longer for the next league match.

  • Barragin@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Yes - totally hated - becasue one’s favorite club’s players always seem to get injured in meaningless friendlies. I guess qualification matters, but with so many teams now getting into the euros and world cup, qualification seems like a joke.

  • violent_pudding@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    National team game is the only fun thing about local football now. Cause one team have been dominating the league, national cup, and cup for 10 years plus funded by its sovereign family with so much fund that it is able to simply buy all upcoming talents, import player(non-local) or the worse thing! buy star player of rival and put them on bench just to weaken the opponent. They are just that rich that no concept of loyalty or rivalry can stand up to. They even went as far to weaken the national team by not releasing them on international break and no one can do anything because the player love the wage more than the salary. So yes, local league is so bad that being thumped at international break is way better.