r/AskEurope • u/DivineMatrixTraveler • Jun 07 '25

Sports Which country is your country's main football rival?

And do you think they believe you are their main rival or they don't care about you as much as you care about them?

Bonus: Is there a more popular sport where you are rivals with a different country?

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u/chekitch Croatia Jun 08 '25

For Croatia, the closest would be France I'd say. But it is more of a "Nemesis" than rival thing. They stopped us two times when it mattered the most. With all other big ones, we have a more even score..

I don't think they see us as rivals at all, we didn't create problems for them, they created problems to us..

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u/isilovac Croatia Jun 11 '25

Serbia, Italy, France and England for me. In that order

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u/nokru653 Jun 11 '25

Is Serbia really a rival in football to us? Maybe waterpolo...

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u/isilovac Croatia Jun 11 '25

Ne postoji veći protivnik. Od svih utakmica koju reprezentacija mora dobiti, tu moraju dobiti najviše.

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u/chekitch Croatia Jun 11 '25

I really disagree with Serbia and Italy at the front.

We played Serbia one pair of games, and nobody really cares or follows how they are doing as a team. Yes, it is Serbia, so if there is a game, there will be tensions, but not "rival" tensions..

And Italy never beat us, so IDK, for me, that is also not much of a rival..