Best European rivalry?

AltoZ wrote:International national team rivalries(national teams from the rest of the world also count here):

1. Germany - England
2. England - Argentina
3. Germany - Italy

It was just a few months ago that I received an e-mail from a fellow journalist in London that included, more as an aside, this passage: "Don't know if you watch BBC programmes over there, but a recent episode of the Steven Fry vehicle QI was dedicated to Germany. He caused outrage among the panellists by insisting Germans didn't give a rap about Wembley 1966 or any rivalry with England. Very amusing."

Which has led me to presume that we must outline the state of affairs in the most recent past for the benefit of some people again, before we can discuss the potential Van Gaal/Robben effect. Of course I could simply tell people about how I spent September 1, 2001. That, you may recall, was the day Germany played a certain World Cup qualifier against England at home, in Munich.

I spent that day as a reporter for an English monthly, trying to find German fans who would tell me that this game meant really so much to them because there was this huge rivalry with England. I didn't meet any. The English writer David Buckley, who was there with me, didn't either.

Then I watched the game together with hundreds of other Germans in the Muffat Hall in central Munich. Germany were beaten 5-1, so I conducted my post-match interviews with the tact of a mortician - when suddenly an almighty cheer went up and people started singing.

As I turned around, I saw highlights of the Republic of Ireland versus the Netherlands game on the giant screen. The Irish had won and people were singing "We're going to the World Cup without Holland."

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You can read about the rest of the story on Wikipedia. (Yes, the Dutch-German football rivalry has its own Wikipedia entry. Tellingly, the entry for the English-German rivalry doesn't have a German-language version.)

arjun.123 wrote:At club level:
Barcelona - Chelsea. Seriously, Chelsea are the only team in the world whom Barcelona have so much trouble with.

AltoZ wrote:What do you think (historically, intensity etc.) is the best rivalry between clubs not from the same country?

For me:

1. Barcelona - Chelsea
2. Real Madrid - Bayern Munich
3. Bayern Munich - Man United

International national team rivalries(national teams from the rest of the world also count here):

1. Germany - England
2. England - Argentina
3. Germany - Italy

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Real - Bayern?

aleumdance wrote:USA vs mexico kinda gets annoying cuz there are more mexicans in the stadium than americans, even when its played in the US

thats why the concacaf cup got useless to me

arjun.123 wrote:At club level:
Barcelona - Chelsea. Seriously, Chelsea are the only team in the world whom Barcelona have so much trouble with.

Forza Rossoneri wrote:Hasn't this thread been done a million times?

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highburied wrote:North London Derby>>>>>>

aleumdance wrote:when it comes to fans who hate each other more than anything in this world

west ham vs millwall

REWB wrote:

Forza Rossoneri wrote:Hasn't this thread been done a million times?

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highburied wrote:North London Derby>>>>>>

LMFAO, i dont know why but this made me laugh so hard. dude...you have to read the thread before posting next time haha.

El Shaarawy wrote:

REWB wrote:

Forza Rossoneri wrote:Hasn't this thread been done a million times?

1. Milan Derby
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highburied wrote:North London Derby>>>>>>

LMFAO, i dont know why but this made me laugh so hard. dude...you have to read the thread before posting next time haha.

In what world is Inter considered an Italian team