They should scrap all but the tournaments and qualifiers. And take the minnows out of the qualifiers and give them their own competition to qualify to play with the big boys. San Marino can’t learn anything by sticking eleven behind the ball and praying to keep it to single figures.
All football is about money making but surely an attempt to largely get rid of the irrelevant friendlies is a good thing? This counts towards qualification as well so I think some teams might take it more seriously than people expect. It will be good for the likes of the Faroes and San Marino to play matches against each other rather than going into every game trying to keep the score down.
The Welsh friendly against Denmark is going to be silly... Denmark could pick a side including futsal players against Wales in the Nations League on 9 September. Senior players have refused to sign a new national team agreement with the Danish Football Association (DBU) in a dispute over commercial rights. The 24-man squad is also without Danish Superliga or First Division players. The DBU has confirmed third tier, fourth tier and futsal players will make up the squad for a friendly with Slovakia and then against Wales. Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet reports that Denmark's team will consist of several futsal players, a variant of football played on a hard court and similar to five-a-side but with a smaller and harder ball. There are a total of eight players from Avarta, Skovshoved IF, IF Skjold Birkerød, Hellerup IK, Hillerød Fodbold - Danish Second Division clubs - who have made themselves available. Denmark manager Age Hareide and assistant Jon Dahl Tomasson will not take charge of the team, with Euro 92 winner John Jensen in temporary change.
