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This competition was created with the aim of ending friendly games. Therefore, it is normal for many players to take these games less seriously. As the competition is still very recent, it still doesn't generate much motivation. But with three or four more years of competition, I believe that mentality will change a bit.
I don't think the whole purpose is to completely eliminate friendly games, but to instead provide a more organized structure to all the friendlies that can happen in Europe, where there are many, many great teams.
Friendly matches on top of the Nations League will continue to happen, just not as frequently as before. In a way, this makes friendly matches a bit more interesting, because there are less of them. The Nations League is basically a lower tier tournament compared to the World Cup for example, but it's nice to have so many different teams playing with each other all the time.
These are valid points, however the risks exist in a pronounced way, but what are the risks? I think that the main thing of all is that one of the best players could be injured and cannot go to represent his team in the World Cup and this is something very sad, both for the player and for the team and this has happened in friendly matches and it affects an entire nation enormously, I have seen how this has happened to Colombia, Peru, with some of the best players they have, some if they manage to recover, others not, but I think that for this competition as well as for friendlies in Europe , the players who are stars should take care and not play in order not to run the risk of getting injured.
We were indeed amazed by Hungary's performance when they succeeded in slaughtering the English hosts in front of the public at Wembley Stadium, but for the England national team this is not a tournament that is taken seriously by the three lion squad so this is a natural thing if they have to admit Hungary's superiority because of us. know that they don't take this tournament seriously, especially since it's only a friendly tournament, especially since the England coach himself is trying to find a team strength for the starting line-up ahead of the Qatar world cup next November.
I think that these results of the group of death, because I am also a supporter that it is the group of death, gives a lot to think about, also despite the fact that the English say that this tournament is not so relevant for them because it is considered friendly for some , it is very good preparation for them and to do a good job in the World Cup, I would see it with concern, not hearing the feat of Hungary, but the way the English are playing, with a team when David Beckham and Rooney were there, this was not happening, of that if I am sure, I think that England must again take the reins and be that team that was scary to see them.
I don't think that anytime should care about whether the FIFA tournament is important or not. they should have the mentality to perform really well regardless. And it probably wouldn't have mattered so much if they lost by only 1/2 goals. but they lost by 4-goal deference and were also not able to score even one. And that was also against a team like Hungary. so now if they are trying to play the innocent card, and say that it was not important to them, I am going to say that it is just a bunch of bull shit.
Well, I just limit myself to thinking that this team had many mistakes that will surely be fully reviewed so that they don't happen again, and it may be a game that has marked the team so that a type of attitude of that style does not come out anymore.