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Xizor

14 Jul 2006, 08:24 PM

Hazzathewazza

15 Jul 2006, 11:47 AM

I hope one day FIFA can create a major tournament, even bigger then the World Cup. I'm talking about 6 teams representing each continent. Just imagine Ronaldinho, Santa Cruz, Tevez, the best players of South America playing an intense match against team Europe with players like Rooney, Torres, Klose, Henry. Or team North America with Marquez, Suazo, Wanchpe, Howard playing against a tough team like Africa. That would be some freeky shit. I imagine this every day man it drives me crazy! I hope one day this tournament can be seen by every person in the world. What do you guys think?

Mexico, Best Team Ever! :cool:

Good idea. Europe and South America would dominate fairly easily.
I bet Africa could get a pretty good team.
There will never be a tornament like this, but it would be cool if they played an all star game Europe v S America, maybe for charity every 4 years or something. That would be cool.

Xizor

26 Feb 2007, 03:14 PM

Good idea. Europe and South America would dominate fairly easily.
I bet Africa could get a pretty good team.
There will never be a tornament like this, but it would be cool if they played an all star game Europe v S America, maybe for charity every 4 years or something. That would be cool.

Hell yeah it would, this would be great for every player!

LOS_DE_ABAJO

26 Feb 2007, 05:53 PM

That'd be sick but Africa and South America would dominate.

Xizor

26 Feb 2007, 11:55 PM

You really think so man, I think Europe and South America would be bad ass!

leg_breaker

27 Feb 2007, 04:22 AM

It would be played like a friendly. The language issues would bury this before it even started.

Hazzathewazza

27 Feb 2007, 04:34 AM

It would be played like a friendly. The language issues would bury this before it even started.

How would the language issue hamper this?
Look at the Arsenal team.

impalemeplz

27 Feb 2007, 05:35 AM

How would the language issue hamper this?
Look at the Arsenal team.

yes look at us. AW speaks 5 languages and he makes sure everyone learns english(or french;) )

IASocFan

27 Feb 2007, 12:26 PM

TALK ABOUT FIXTURE CONGESTION!

What we need is more of it! Definitely a pipe dream.

Maybe a one time WC pre-draw All-Star game. Western Hemisphere - Eastern Hemisphere, Northern/Southern, Euro/rest of the world.

But a tournament would require several weeks away from their salary paying clubs for practice and preparation. I'm sure FIFA could make money at it, but what would the clubs do in this time period?

With six teams, I can see the Oceana team beaten 10-0 while bunkering against any of the other Confederations. I wouldn't pay to see such a mismatch. 6 teams makes a good tournament for the Champions League winners - you have two obvious seeded teams. Would you give the Confederations teams the same set up?

LOS_DE_ABAJO

27 Feb 2007, 01:08 PM

The bad thing is that the South American team would be all Brazilian/Argentinian. I would cheer for them but as a fan I wouldn't really feel as much passion or love as when Chile plays.

MNAFETSC

27 Feb 2007, 01:34 PM

You could replace the confederation cup with this. The only problem would be would the top stars want to play? Or would it be just second tier stars at least with Sout America and Europe.

As far as the language barrier Arsenal squad has 10 different languages coming together. Chelsea also has 10 so It could work.

Xizor

27 Feb 2007, 02:06 PM

This tournament should be held like three months after the WC or something so the players have a chance to rest and get ready for it as well.

ZeekLTK

27 Feb 2007, 02:45 PM

Europe and South America would dominate fairly easily.

How do you figure? You can only have 11 players on the field. There are definitally at least 11 Africans, Asians, or North Americans who are just as good as anyone in Europe or South America. All the teams would be pretty equal on skill except Oceania.

jerrito

27 Feb 2007, 10:19 PM

There are definitally at least 11 Africans, Asians, or North Americans who are just as good as anyone in Europe or South America. All the teams would be pretty equal on skill except Oceania.

You really think so? Can you name 11 players from Asia and North American who can compete with the 11 best from Europe or South America?

Sample teams...

Europe
Buffon
Zambrotta
Nesta (or Cannavaro)
Pujol
Lahm
Pirlo
Vierra
Gerrard
Totti
Rooney
Henry

South America
Dida
Cicinho
Heinze
Sorin
Ayala
Mascherano
Messi
Ronaldinho
Kaka
Cardozo
Saviola

Xizor

28 Feb 2007, 12:21 AM

North America
Howard
Marquez
Salcido
Reyna
Cherundulo
Suazo
Ruiz
Donavan
Guardado
McBride
Borgetti

leg_breaker

28 Feb 2007, 05:27 AM

How would the language issue hamper this?
Look at the Arsenal team.

That's club football, not international.

Hazzathewazza

28 Feb 2007, 06:39 AM

That's club football, not international.

Whats the difference?
Football is Football.

Auriaprottu

03 Mar 2007, 10:18 PM

The language issues would bury this before it even started.

That would be very minor, really. All the South American nations speak Spanish save Brasil, and I'm sure their players have enough familiarity woth the language to get by. All of CONCACAF is also Spanish-speaking except the USA and Canada (Canada wouldnt be contributing any players anyhow). The majority of the African players would speak either English or French.

Only Europe would have any sort of problem, with England, France, Germany, Portugal and Spain (5 languages) contributing to the bulk of their team. And even in that case, I suspect you could narrow the commonly known languages of the individual players down to two or three.

jagr68

04 Mar 2007, 08:31 PM

Canada wouldnt be contributing any players anyhow.

De Rosario would be my first selection for a North American starting 11.

leg_breaker

05 Mar 2007, 01:23 AM

Whats the difference?
Football is Football.

A club level you're there long enough to get past the language barriers. At international level you have maybe two days with a team before the match.