I was watching the Croatia-Argentine World Cup football match today and thought about something. By the way, Argentina won 3:0 and they are going to the final with the winner of France-Marocco match. At the opening of these matches the teams line up and listen to their countries' national anthems.
Knowing that the majority of the players play for clubs in other locations than their own countries, some never ever played in their own countries I find it funny looking at them as they sing their anthems. They all think the louder they sing more patriotic they become. I am even surprised that they even know the words.
These national teams are a farce. Since the majority of the players come from other countries where they were playing for years, the success of the national teams does not represent the sport program of their native lands. It represents the individual players talent and love for this sport.
Hungary used to be a powerhouse in the field of football. It was back in the 50s. Since then, the progressively declined and now they are nowhere. They attempted to go for it but as it happened, they just couldn't qualify. Actually, they did not qualify since 1986. I don't know the reason, but they are just not that good, even though football is still the most popular sport there.
Maybe there is just not enough money to make it interesting to pursue it even though there are a few very good Hungarian players on the international circuit. But not as many as it should be, like the South Americans or Spanish have.
But that's ok, there is still baseball.
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