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Originally Posted by Matty_
I don`t think there are any easy games in a world cup. The teams from bigger footballing nations such as England, France, Italy and Spain, etc, don`t seem to play as teams as much as some of the lesser nations. I wonder if this is because most of the players from the smaller nations play their football overseas. So getting together with the national team is a good time to chat about the country and play football!!!
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I wonder if it's a consequence of physical and mental draining after a long season. I would imagine that International football is no longer as important to the players as it used to be and after a hard season for their clubs getting together with a new team for a few weeks is just not a task they can do easily.