I see a lot of people crapping on international breaks and complaining about the boredom but if anything it’s something that people could look forward to even during the club season

At least 90% of this chatter is coming from (English) Prem fans or people from top 9 nations which, sure it may not be fun for you seeing your team dump 14 past others, but to get rid of the break like some are suggesting?

This week I saw my nation play for the first time in 15-20 months, and though we came out with two draws (the latter of which should’ve been a win), I enjoyed it more than watching club football week in week out. Unlike (quite bluntly) entitled Western European fans, it is an entertaining being the underdog and watching the country you’re from, the nation of you descent, attempt to make somewhat of a name for themself on the continental and eventually international stage

  • MoeTheCentaur@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I love international football generally, just hate how the spicy /competitive season is interrupted by largely uncompetitive games. Even if the underdog wins, it rarely means much in qualification games.

    I went from watching City vs Chelsea to watching England and Scotland play 2 extremely boring games.

    I think the problem is the structure of international qualifiers, there’s rarely that much drama or upset, and when there is its a ‘good’ team failing to qualify over the course of several games rather than an exciting moment where an underdog prevails.