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  • Nuggsy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Agreed. I have disliked International breaks for years.

    However, to play devils advocate, I was listening to the Arsecast podcast the other day and they mentioned there’s a lot of scrutiny on Øde to do well and the Norwegian national team have struggled. Not to mention he is also the captain.

    So, I agree in that he probably feels he has a duty to play and not doing so could leave a black mark on him. Ryan Giggs was used as an example of how he wouød always skip international duty for whatever reason. Due to his absences, he was critiqued about his commitment to the Welsh team.

    I don’t feel I’ve been very articulate, but I’m sleepy 😅

    • Astrealix@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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      2 months ago

      As someone from an even smaller competitor, I can tell you that if someone chose not to play because of his own club career he’d be shunned, especially if he was remotely important or talented. But then we have a dearth of talent.

      There’s this one pos who chose to play for China and HKers have hated him ever since.

      • Nuggsy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Is that because of he picked a different country or a rivalry between China and HK, or both?

        Øde would just want to play. I guess we could have requested that he play x amount of minutes instead of telling him he can’t go. All he probably wants to do is play and represent his team the best he cam as captain.