It’s not even fair. Bosina and Herzegovina has to play against 50 states at the same time.
Also funny: Bosnia and Herzegovina has almost exactly a 100th of the population of the USA.
3,412,000 vs. 341,784,857
That’s almost the same population ratio as Cape Verde (526,000) and Argentina (46 million).
At least the “United” part is a scam.
It would be so fucking funny if B&H could play with 22 players because of some airbud like loophole in the rulebook.
There’s nothing in the rulebook against … 22 dogs on the team.
Imagine them trying, having 2 goalies as well
UK plays with 44, if all of its 4 sub-countries qualify for a tournament.
Where would Commonwealth countries fit into this, would Canada, Australia and New Zealand also join in?
Canada would stop being included once British Parliament finally relinquished its authority over it with the Canada Act of 1982
all four constituent countries of the uk did qualify in 1958
but then the other three wouldn’t get to support Anyone But England.
That reminds me of this awesome video
Apparently Dortmund did their own version more recently, and they did it with a whole stadium full of Dortmund supporters present.
Two old men sitting on a bench. One asks: “Are you going to watch the football game tonight?”
“Who’s playing,” the other asks back.
“Austria-Hungary,” the first man answers.
“And who will they play against?”Da ist mir wohl jemand zuvorgekommen…
Tja.
50 countries in a trench coat.
Why do 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and some unincorporated islands play against a country.
That sounds very unfair…
Wait until you learn about France! 1,300 islands!
And a chunk of Brazil!
Mediveal kings declaring war against Austria-Hungary and Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth be like:
Wars have been fought over that ‘and’
As a Czech, you already know that but the brief democratic Czecho—Slovak Federation (1989-1992) also had a “Hyphen war” (actually just an argument) where Slovakia was not content with the longest dash available and wanted an “and” in the middle, breaking grammatical rules. Greater disagreements later resulted in the countries’ peaceful dissolution on New Year’s Eve 1992.
But the languages are different enough to be distinct despite being largely mutually understandable (you can use Slovak in Czech courts to this day). This means there is no embarrassing doubling or tripling of legally required text like with Slovenian & Not Slovenian & Legally Distinct Not Slovenian.
And the UK plays as four separate teams.
More, if you include Isle of Man, Gibraltar, etc…
The isle of man must be shit considering they have such a small population to pick from
I mean, if he survived on the isle all on his own for this long, maybe he is very strong at football
My greatest respects to Mr. Man
And in a way they do. Both England and Scotland qualified for the world cup this year.
Even more if you count the left country in the image as West Britannia
I really try to reach beyond my mediocre American education on international affairs. I’m ashamed to say this one will be a Google for me.
Not gonna have a pleasant read
Which is also quite interesting that you haven’t heard of that country. The american military has been bombing it in the 90s.
We remember blowing up Bosnia, vaguely, but they never said the “and” on the news.
Ignorance is nothing to be ashamed about if you’re willing to learn
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Like “Saint Vincent and the Grenadines”? When I first heard this term as a kid, I thought it was referring to a 50s or 60s music band.
Antigua and Barbuda, São Tomé and Principe, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago.
Bosnia and Herzegowina is also not an unknown country.
Unfortunately we US Americans are not particularly strong on the subject of geography. We’ve all heard of Bosnia, but its last name was never mentioned when it was in the news. Most here have never heard of any of the islands you listed except for maybe Trinidad.
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No, you implied a reaction like the one in the post isn’t weird since countries don’t often have similar names. I counter the reaction is weird because Bosnia and Herzegowina isn’t an obscure or never heard of country but the reaction is quite stereotypical US-american (as in “conforms to stereotypes”, not in "look, typical US-american).
I am from Bosnia, take me to Herzegovina
I wonder if there’s an exam you need to take
I really want to see statue of Tjentište
So it will be 11 vs. 22? Or will there be three nets on the field in a triangle?
That actually sounds pretty dope. Make the pitch round with walls (kinda like arena soccer), and that could be fun. You could even do something cool where each goal actually gives points to both the opposing teams so there’s a more strategic dynamic to it.
United states? Man how many states they gotta play against?
How about Trinidad and Tobago, though?
- St Kitts and Nevis
- Antigua and Barbuda
- South Georgia and the Sandwich Isles
- St Vincent and the Grenadines (great band name)
@ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org New čech spotted
It’s the casual N-word that makes this American ngl.
