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Posted by: BASTILLEmdh 28th June 2016, 09:13 PM

Who do you like other than your country in terms of international football?

I'm a fan of Finland and Chile and I do like a bit of Turkey too.

You?

Posted by: richie 29th June 2016, 07:21 AM

Always liked Switzerland and Croatia (must be the red and white) and I always find myself cheering on the Italians, but I don't know why.

Posted by: DJHazey 30th June 2016, 04:28 PM

Iceland (long before EURO 2016)
Uzbekistan (my first non-USA team)
Hungary
Albania
Cape Verde Islands

Posted by: Iz~ 30th June 2016, 04:59 PM

Paraguay (in the 2010 WC was hugely rooting for them there)
Finland (in that they need to finally get to a major one of these days, but I guess that's partly them being one of my favourite countries anyway, I'm quite well-disposed to all Nordic teams like that)

Costa Rica, Japan and Ghana are all pretty high up my list. And Chile have been fantastic to watch in all the recent tournaments I've seen them in so I guess them too.

Posted by: BASTILLEmdh 30th June 2016, 05:03 PM

@Iz~, good to see you like Finland! They play such great football, I hope they reach the World Cup.

Posted by: Hazza Chapman 30th June 2016, 05:30 PM

Any of the African countries when it comes to the World Cup.

Posted by: Mack 30th June 2016, 06:47 PM

Finland (It's my favourite country)

Posted by: Steve201 30th June 2016, 09:25 PM

Chilli under Siampalo!

Posted by: Mart!n 30th June 2016, 09:55 PM

Germany, Croatia, Chile, Belgium

Posted by: Silas 30th June 2016, 10:02 PM

Germany as it's my country of birth.

I say other, it's the only one I support because I can't bring myself to support the home nations.

Posted by: Iz~ 30th June 2016, 10:05 PM

Oh yes, Germany as well. Very much 100% for them out of the traditionally 'big nations', partially because of ancestry but I like their style a lot also.

Posted by: Dobbo 30th June 2016, 10:12 PM

Other than home nations I like Croatia, Czech Republic & Norway.

Posted by: bigwiglaf 1st July 2016, 05:25 AM

The 3 main teams from my parental heritage....

France
Germany
Poland

And also the following, since I'm told I have ancestry there also....

Ireland
Scotland

And, with their run in Euro 2016....

Wales

Posted by: Mack 29th June 2017, 11:56 AM

BUMP

I would say Chile and Colombia with their respective performances from the Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup.

Posted by: ML Hammer95 29th June 2017, 12:19 PM

Teams I have a soft spot for include:

Croatia
Chile
Japan
Turkey
Poland (family links there)
An African country at the World Cup (in 2014 it was Algeria)

Like watching Argentina too, especially in 2006 and 2010.

Posted by: Mack 29th June 2017, 12:23 PM

If you are mentioning tournaments from the past where I have supported them, it would be:

Senegal (World Cup 2002)
Greece (Euro 2004)
Italy (World Cup 2006)
Turkey (Euro 2008)
Ghana (World Cup 2010)
Spain (Euro 2012)
Colombia (World Cup 2014)
Iceland (Euro 2016)

Posted by: Steve201 29th June 2017, 11:50 PM

Columbia were class in the last World Cup!

Posted by: ML Hammer95 30th June 2017, 07:47 AM

My dad compared Chile and Colombia from 2014 to Romania and Bulgaria in USA 94 and I can see where he's coming from. All were entertaining loose cannons! Hope Chile and Colombia can be as good next year.

Posted by: Houdini 30th June 2017, 11:56 AM

I think Chile could go as far at the Quarter final in next year's World Cup as they have a good enough squad at the moment and it includes big name players such as Sanchez & Vidal. Hopefully there will be at least a few countries that have never qualified for a World Cup before that will take part next year.