Probably, at the very most, Denmark might boycott it if the US went for Greenland. Which, on the upside, would mean we'd just have to beat the Czechs to get to the World Cup!
I think it's more likely that the US play on Greenland is a bargaining chip though. Taking out an unpopular dictator in Venezuela is one thing, going after NATO territory is another entirely.
Well we would play North Macedonia!
I think they are capable of annexing Greenland. He doesn't give a **** about NATO.
I can't see how Denmark would play. In fact, UEFA would have a big conversation among it's various associations to be had. I suspect the Norway and Sweden would join the boycott. It would come down to the bigger countries because I suspect the Eastern European countries would not boycott. I would join the boycott if UEFA boycotted en masse.
If that did happen, it would be hillarious if UEFA/Commebol organised a tournament during the summer in Germany. They could probably put on a tournament like that at such short notice.
I'm no fan of trump but It's pretty clear it's all posturing as a tactic for negotiations. They already have the legal right to put as many military bases there as they want and actually annexing it would take an act of Congress. On the legal front, Greenland would have to ratify any agreements with their version of a referendum and I don't see all that getting done before the mid-terms.
I could be wildly naive here but I just don't see it happening illegally. Doesn't mean that we won't be dragged through a years worth of blaring headlines for every mad thing that comes out of his mouth and I've no doubt the posturing will go up a few more notches.
Sorry if I'm going way off topic here..
Yeah, everything Trump does is with a view to a deal and this is no different. He doesn't really want access to Greenland as a strategic location, because the US effectively already has that access, they'd be allowed to put as many troops there as they wanted to. He's after the natural resources - and by threatening to take over the place, unlikely though that is, he'll be angling for a deal where the US gets favourable access to whatevers under the melting ice.
This is a guy who trades support for Ukraine in exchange for favourable access to their minerals literally while they're under attack. The man has no sense of shame (but we all already knew that anyway).
Anyway, in a desperate attempt to keep this on topic, I guess what I'm saying is that realistically we're not going to get to the World Cup without beating Denmark.
Agreed on everything you said including the unlikelihood of Denmark boycotting the event. The one saving grace of The Danes getting in at our cost would be a US Denmark matchup if that's even possible
They kidnapped the leader of a sovereign state, in that sovereign state, in the middle of the night. All bets are off now with regard to that administration. And it's about raw materials there no matter what anyone else wants to claim - same as it was in Venezuela. Same as it is in Ukraine I might add.Originally Posted by rebelmusic
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Kingdom.
Yeah, agree with that. Trump has more or less said he views himself above international law. I would like to believe Trump won't invade Greenland, just as I'm sure people 80 years ago would have liked to believe Hitler wouldn't invade Czechoslovakia.
I don't see any real boycott of the World Cup though.
Trying to think of an equivalent in history. The Russian(USSR at the time) and USA boycotted Olympics held in the other countries during the Cold War, but I don't know of any country that refused a position at a World Cup.
Also, as I've stated elsewhere, I hate how anything going ahead is coming back to what mood the US President is on a certain day.
The USSR refused to turn up for a playoff second leg against Chile in 1973 because the venue had held political assassinations two months earlier under Pinochet. Nearest I can think of.
And Poland et al calling FIFA's bluff by refusing to play Russia in the playoffs for the last World Cup is comparable to an extent too. They won their case, but they still put their qualification on the line.
The calls to have Iran thrown out of the World Cup will start soon and I suspect FIFA will comply once Trump phones his mate 'Johnny Infantino'.
To be quickly followed by the other three countries currently under travel sanctions by the US who have qualified for the world cup
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