oqvist
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Olympiska spelen aka Olympic games
Ah right, didn't watch it - clashed with Match of the Day
I heard Brazil got revenge for their 7-1 drubbing at the last WC. Too bad an Olympic gold in football is about as important as a Confed Cup win
We all have our priorities. But I would say it´s way more important then some premier league game or something lol. Crazy good game.
Really strange great britain don´t want to participate or didn´t they qualify?
Still don't understand why Squash isn't part of the Olympics.
I guess so yeah, I just meant in the football world in general, where WC clearly holds the greatest prestige, followed by the individual federation competitions - Euros, Copa America etc. The thing about the Olympic competition is that AFAIK it's an U-23 comp with just a couple of senior players allowed on each team; so you're not quite seeing the real Brazil or the real Germany - as evidenced by the team selections on the night.
It's pretty dumb why Britain won't submit a team; the individual FAs - English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish - are afraid FIFA will say "if you can put together a team for the Olympics, then you can do it for all of our competitions" and that the individual FAs will be foricbly disbanded. To be honest though, Britain did very well to finish second in the overall medal table - I doubt our useless footballers would have helped out any!