ScoRoss Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted July 13, 2021 Administrator Share Posted July 13, 2021 Nice. That'll be nice to watch (if we can). I reckon this should be a future 'thing'. A European vs South American face-off. No issue with this inaugural one being in honour of Maradona. Quite like that, actually. It's fitting that Italy and Argentina won the respective tournaments in order for this to happen so close after his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalsfan Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 FIFA were looking at organising a Confederations Cup style game between the two, which you assume would be in Qatar? So they might play each other pretty quickly after the first game. There was already a plan around this sort of thing being touted before the final, I got quite excited about it being Argentina v England or Brazil v Italy to be honest - although avoiding those is probably for the best. This become a regular game (the Euro-South America thing) would be quite good - although with the continental championships only being played once every 4 years I'd imagine they'd want to find a way to make a more regular match out of this in terms of money generation. Another sign of the Memorandum of Understanding coming through, be interesting to see how far this goes. Can't imagine sides regularly travelling between the two continents would be too popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Gonzo Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Well, I think if that match against Brazil is any indication... I think Italy are a better team than Brazil, they're both full of world class players. But I don't think they'd struggle to break Argentina down quite as badly as Brazil did in that final. You can never rule Argentina out though, they've got Messi and other talented players of their own. But good luck to Argentina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 If only we already had a competition where countries from different continents could play each other....you could call it the world cup of nations or something But as a one off this is a really nice gesture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Great gesture. Confederations was a nice idea itself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internationalsfan Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Danny said: If only we already had a competition where countries from different continents could play each other....you could call it the world cup of nations or something But as a one off this is a really nice gesture I mean the original idea with the Confederations was to test the world cup stadiums before playing it which is being done by the Arab Cup this time round and can be done by Gold Cup for 2026 so it kind of makes sense to scrap it. 2030 will be in the interesting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted March 23, 2022 Administrator Share Posted March 23, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60842410 Wembley confirmed as host for this game on Wednesday 1st June Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan Posted May 31, 2022 Administrator Share Posted May 31, 2022 This is tomorrow. Shame it's only on Premier Sports and not on any Free-to-Air channels considering it's between Euros and Copa America champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Stan said: This is tomorrow. Shame it's only on Premier Sports and not on any Free-to-Air channels considering it's between Euro Cup and Copa America champions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 There used to be matches between the winners of afcon and asia cup also when Japan and Egypt where winning it, should be brought back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Messi pulling the strings thus far. Argentina currently winning 1-0 after a goal from Martínez, assisted by Messi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Ooof. Chiellini and Bonucci are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivore Chris Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Great finish by Di Maria to make it 2, he's having a quality game, although Argentina are as a whole. Martínez with some nice play to set up the 2nd. No doubt a team to watch going into the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Argentina genuinely toying with Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6666 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Italy are shit now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Was this revived just to give Messi another chance at a trophy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azeem Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 If this counts as a 'trophy' then Ronaldo's nation league win is equal to Copa America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 5 hours ago, Toinho said: Was this revived just to give Messi another chance at a trophy? Not bad for a bloke who said he was retiring back in 2016... He is the same with his country as he was with his club.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Käiser Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Soon they’ll add the African nation cup winner and the Asian cup winner to this. As fifa and Urfa always adding teams to tournaments After a while the gold cup winner and World Cup winner. Maybe then the host nation and the ofc cup winner. what is old is new again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Käiser Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 16 hours ago, 6666 said: Italy are shit now. Was just a one off you would think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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