Does the rest of Europe and the world dislike international breaks as much as we do in England ?
I was having this discussion with friends and I think it directly correlates with the quality of the league of your country.
For example Spain England Germany will dislike them as they would prefer to see their clubs playing , but for Croatia their national team is better than their club teams so they enjoy it.
I could be totally wrong so please let me know !
Europeans will never like the international break because they’re more than likely in one of two extremes… they’re either a top footballing NT that absolutely trashes the likes of a country like Luxembourg or Cyprus OR they’re on the opposing end and always get trashed by said teams.
For South Americans there’s no such thing as a friendly match. It’s always balls to the wall with everyone giving their 100%. It’s always Colombia vs Chile, Brasil vs Argentina, Uruguay vs Ecuador, etc. It’s always a good game, even if dirty.
Most people outside of Brasil and Argentina don’t have much hope of their local club winning the Libertadores (our Champions League), so everyone just defaults to supporting their NT.
As a Premier League fan, I hate it, but at the same time I value it in very niche occasions. As a Spurs fan, I’ve never wanted an international break as much as I do now… the squad needs time to recover a few players and also time to reorganize everything for the upcoming games. International breaks also make you value diversity in a squad… the Asia cup might affect certain teams, the AFCON affects almost all teams, and so on.