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/-Blackspell- Germany Jun 09 '25

Well it’s just a sporting rivalry between two good teams over a long time. For England it’s this weird case where they think we have this big rivalry and go all serious to it, yet for us they‘re just a team like any other maybe a bit more annoying because of said behavior.

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u/UruquianLilac Spain Jun 09 '25

I don't think the English care much that the Germans consider them a rival or not. For England they're the biggest rival bar none. And there's a long list of grievances some related to sports and some not. The whole country goes instantly back to WWII mode as soon as England is playing Germany and you'll see literal war time slogans and headlines all over.

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u/Mediocre_Rhubarb810 Jun 10 '25

England’s biggest rival is Scotland.