Listed Luis Enrique the pauses of selections that remain until the world (February, June and September) and to me they gave me the seven evils. In this umpteenth day without clubs we have seen an exciting 8-0 of France to Kazakhstan, a 5-0 from England to Albania, a 9-0 of Germany to Liechtenstein … Yes, I know that Georgia beat Sweden and the rest of the decisive duels such as the vibrant match of Spain But the ratings system is at 80% an intolerable nap. And the FIFA wants more. A world out of 48 teams (now there are 32) and some want it to be every two years. And two hard boiled eggs.
In this football that is less and less local and identitarian, the national teams make more sense than ever. The best of one country against those of another. Without the traps of money involved and a reasonable feeling of belonging to the primary nationalisms. Great formula. And the romanticism of the weak against the strong is a necessary ingredient. But from there to put the football elite at the level of Gibraltar, Armenia, Kazakhstan or Cyprus It only has one explanation: corruption. In the assembly that elects the president of FIFA or the headquarters of the World Cups, the vote of England is equal to that of Kosovo. Does it look good or am I paranoid?
I think there is bread for so much chorizo, it is not all or nothing. Other sports lead the way with summers dedicated to national teams each year or major championships that cycle through the qualifications for Europeans, JJOO or worldwide. And everything is compatible with the clubs that are just as greedy as the federations and would like to play 10 classics every semester until they turn a steak into a 1 euro hamburger.
Arsène Wenger, As a FIFA advisor, he says that if the qualifiers are concentrated in one month and all the confederations in the world are grouped together, there will be no stoppages and there will be a World Cup every two years. While they listen to him, Gareth Bale is crossing out days with a Mont Blanc gold until the next game in Wales.
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