Sharpshooter
Midfield
Is it just me or is the quality of international football pretty dire right now?
I know England are on the rise, and all credit to Southgate, England will be a real threat for Euro 2020 for sure, but what "World Class" international sides are there in the world right now? France obviously, but they're hardly invincible.
Spain and Germany are both flopped in the last WC and going through a transition phase, Italy have never been the side they were since 2006, didn't even qualify for the WC, Portugal after an ageing Ronaldo are rank average. The state of South American football is pretty poor with Brazil (hardly the greatest Brazilian side in recent times) being the best of the lot. African sides had a poor showing at the WC.
What's happened to the Czech Republic? England just strolled into a 5-0 against them like there were a pub team, unthinkable 10 years ago. England are good, but they're making very easy work of these qualifiers at the moment, almost too easy.
Some will say this is simply nostalgia, but I do think the traditional big international nations have had better teams in previous era's.
I know England are on the rise, and all credit to Southgate, England will be a real threat for Euro 2020 for sure, but what "World Class" international sides are there in the world right now? France obviously, but they're hardly invincible.
Spain and Germany are both flopped in the last WC and going through a transition phase, Italy have never been the side they were since 2006, didn't even qualify for the WC, Portugal after an ageing Ronaldo are rank average. The state of South American football is pretty poor with Brazil (hardly the greatest Brazilian side in recent times) being the best of the lot. African sides had a poor showing at the WC.
What's happened to the Czech Republic? England just strolled into a 5-0 against them like there were a pub team, unthinkable 10 years ago. England are good, but they're making very easy work of these qualifiers at the moment, almost too easy.
Some will say this is simply nostalgia, but I do think the traditional big international nations have had better teams in previous era's.
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