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Ballon d'or
07 Dec 2005, 09:59 AM
Just read one of the thread on here asking who was our biggest rival and got to thinking :

Are we anyone's ?

I can't find a team that would put us ahead of their rival list.
Can you ?
gaijin
07 Dec 2005, 11:04 AM
Luxembourg...


















:p
Rima067
07 Dec 2005, 03:10 PM
I'd say we're Italy's by far.
RandyNA74
08 Dec 2005, 08:16 AM
I'd say we're Italy's by far.
These days, that's probably true. Although it's due more to recent results than historic "rivalry." In this regard, Italy doesn't have any true rivals in the soccer sense (kinda like France). Teams like Brazil, Germany etc. are rivals in the sense that they are direct competitors for the same trophy we want, but otherwise there isn't any substantial rivalry there either.
sl7vk
09 Dec 2005, 11:06 AM
Definatly Italy....

http://www.inna.lt/euro2000/photo/epa60514.jpg

:D
RandyNA74
12 Dec 2005, 09:43 AM
Definatly Italy....

http://www.inna.lt/euro2000/photo/epa60514.jpg

:D
Dude, seriously, you better hope Italy never beats France, cos if we do, you will see pictures of it for the rest of your life. Your great-grandkids are gonna be receiving wierd emails from someone showing them the pictures. :)
sl7vk
12 Dec 2005, 09:53 AM
Dude, seriously, you better hope Italy never beats France, cos if we do, you will see pictures of it for the rest of your life. Your great-grandkids are gonna be receiving wierd emails from someone showing them the pictures. :)

Ok, you're right... I've taken it too far. I'll stope with the pictures from 2000.......

98 is still fair game though right?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/810000/images/_813202_dibiagio300.jpg

Seriously though, it would be great to meet in Germany wouldn't it..... At least it would mean that both sides have advanced past the second round....
RandyNA74
12 Dec 2005, 10:17 AM
Ok, you're right... I've taken it too far. I'll stope with the pictures from 2000.......

98 is still fair game though right?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/810000/images/_813202_dibiagio300.jpg

Seriously though, it would be great to meet in Germany wouldn't it..... At least it would mean that both sides have advanced past the second round....
Bah, humbug, I don't even care about '98. :)

Yes, it would be great to meet, especially given our group.

And please, smack Korea around if you can. France would no longer be Italy's biggest rival if you guys could hook us up. ;)
sl7vk
13 Dec 2005, 09:26 PM
Just had to change my Avatar because of this thread.... :)
soccerguy3119
13 Dec 2005, 10:26 PM
i would say Italy
Jabinho
13 Dec 2005, 10:30 PM
i would say Italy
What would Italy say? Has to go both ways..
I think Italy thinks FIFA is their biggest rival.. ;)
RandyNA74
14 Dec 2005, 07:51 AM
What would Italy say? Has to go both ways..
I think Italy thinks FIFA is their biggest rival.. ;)
Italy would say Italy, or at least the people who know what they're talking about...
Papa Bouba Diop
30 Dec 2005, 04:12 AM
Our Belgian friends.
PsychedelicCeltic
30 Dec 2005, 04:56 AM
Wouldn't the Belgians pick the Dutch instead? Or maybe just the Walloon half, while the Flemish half supports Holland. :-D

You're probably England's most important rival, since Scotland has basically ceased to be a good footballing nation.
Breakwood
30 Dec 2005, 11:48 AM
What about some of the former colonies? Algeria, Senegal (especially after 2002), Cote d'Ivoire?
ilv2
31 Dec 2005, 03:52 AM
What about some of the former colonies? Algeria, Senegal (especially after 2002), Cote d'Ivoire?

i remember the last match with algeria...oh boy
Popol Vuh
19 Mar 2006, 08:49 AM
Quebec. :p
poorvi
19 Mar 2006, 10:06 AM
I don't think France is anyones biggest rival. Maybe only the Italians hold a grudge for Euro2000.

But France's biggest rival should be Germany for the semifinals losses at the hands of a much weaker team in 86 and 82. That goalkeeper in 82 WC also managed to permananetly disfigure the French forward. Worse still, he did not even get booked.
AllezParisAllezPSG
19 Mar 2006, 11:41 AM
I don't think France is anyones biggest rival. Maybe only the Italians hold a grudge for Euro2000.

But France's biggest rival should be Germany for the semifinals losses at the hands of a much weaker team in 86 and 82. That goalkeeper in 82 WC also managed to permananetly disfigure the French forward. Worse still, he did not even get booked.

i still know people that get sick from those game... it wasn't a good thing though because a lot of people got that hate feeling towards germany back... but i don't blame them because we felt like the world was against us after what happened, made no sense...