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Luxembourg are a funny one because they're very much a total minnow historically but probably have the scope to be better than they have been. 

Surrounded by countries with deep footballing culture and quite a diverse immigrant population (Balkans and Portuguese in particular). A population of 600,000 puts them more in the Iceland/Montenegro/Norn Iron sphere than it does San Marino/Andorra.

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Serbia's second goal against Portugal is a thing of beauty. Portugal looked like they had won it at the end but the referee decided the ball wasn't over the line, not sure if they have the goal line technology in these games.

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6 minutes ago, ponsaelius said:

Luxembourg are a funny one because they're very much a total minnow historically but probably have the scope to be better than they have been. 

Surrounded by countries with deep footballing culture and quite a diverse immigrant population (Balkans and Portuguese in particular). A population of 600,000 puts them more in the Iceland/Montenegro/Norn Iron sphere than it does San Marino/Andorra.

Was having a look and yeah, seems like they've made strides in the last 5-10 years and increasingly aren't a team you'll necessarily expect to stick 6 or 7 past. Definitely a cut above the absolute lowest level of European countries.

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8 minutes ago, Neil said:

Was having a look and yeah, seems like they've made strides in the last 5-10 years and increasingly aren't a team you'll necessarily expect to stick 6 or 7 past. Definitely a cut above the absolute lowest level of European countries.

Yeah they drew in the Stade de France a couple of years ago and hit the bar late on. 

All the talk of pre-qualifying that comes up every time we play San Marino is a bit sad I think. UEFA's qualifying system is great for allowing teams to improve because they get to play regular games against a variety of different teams. The fact Iceland made the quarter finals of a major tournament shows the benefits of UEFA's format and depth on the continent. 

There's obviously a cut off point once you get under about 100k population (the real minnows) which means they're just never going to have the critical mass to qualify - but that doesn't mean they can't improve to the point where they can eventually give the odd bloody nose.

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It’s absolutely funny as fuck. Probably mean Simple Stephen will lose his job though if they can afford it which is a shame.

Love seeing previously shite countries doing the biz too. Faroes, Lux and Malta pulling out half decent results on the regular these days.

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1 minute ago, Disco said:

II know he got his payoff and he’s landed on his feet but I wonder what Mick Mc thinks of it all?

Media were a disgrace with Mick tbh. I was at his last game and we played really well and drew with Denmark and were pushing for a winner which would have qualified us for the Euros. All he got after this was grief.

We're shite but the one positive is that the kids we have brought in have played well. I maintain that Robbie Keane scoring 68 international goals for a team that almost never created chances is one of the best achievements in recent football history :lol:

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