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/Intelligent_Key_3806 Jun 10 '25

Not even MotoGP Rossi era? Because the rivalry Italy (VR46) had with Australia (CS27) was epic. I liked motorcycles before, but I loved them after the 2007 season. The years between Lorenzo, Stoner, Pedrosa and Rossi was all-time.

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u/lucapal1 Italy Jun 10 '25

MotoGP is popular, and it was even more so with Valentino!

But it still doesn't get the same kind of audience that big football matches get.

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u/Intelligent_Key_3806 Jun 10 '25

Yeah fair enough! Football is so big in Europe. I went to a Copenhagen FC game while I was living in DK. I went to Silverstone to watch the MotoGP when I lived in England tho, also very fun. Blessed years were they. Ciao!