Let's take for example Liechtenstein v. Azerbaijan. Who's gonna watch this hopeless run around? Well, let's say someone told you this was the only game you would ever be allowed to watch again for the rest of your life. Your brain would force you to consider some of the more interesting angles to this fixture, it being your last game ever for eternity. For example, you have the joy of watching little Liechtenstein score a goal, or the intellectual satisfaction of comparing the meager skills on display to some of the more top notch international sides, or the novelty of taking in stadiums you've never seen before, as well as marveling at new and exciting fan cultures.
Neither can you pick something like France v. Faroe Islands, because blowouts feature lots of goals which are fun to watch even if they're rolled in training session style. And if there's no blow out at all, well then fair play to the extreme underdogs!
The teams also shouldn't have anything to play for; qualification, pride, showcasing some young up and coming footballing talent; nothing. So my pick would have to be Montenegro v. Georgia, as I've seen competitive matches featuring both countries (nothing new to learn), it's a practically meaningless fixture for all concerned and it's juxtaposed against the Italy v. Ireland game. What's yours?
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