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Personally, I don't think the difference between being the best is a single tournament. Especially not one that isn't the highest quality tournament in the World.
there is something about influence and leadership, pressure at international level that is different to club level. Remember the early stages of the CL is piss boring and easy for a lot of the big clubs like barca. Then then the rest of it has tended to be dominated by the same few clubs - all littered with superstars. Money buys the glory at club level - thats not the case at international level where its sometimes necessary to play with players that arent at the top level, in a different system, against sometime unknown opposition.
It may be the pinnacle in terms of esteem. But not quality. I'd back most CL quarter finalists to beat every international side.
Of course there are loads of truly great players that didn't win international honours, not really disagreeing with that, but if they had added such a title they'd be elevated further. That german shitcunt at the scum has intenrational honours but he's not a great footballer.
not really, only in terms of certain countries being less developed in terms of a pro football infrastructure - like african teams. compare against the european cup in a similar era where clubs like malmo and honved were at the top table. Its all relative, however international football was held in much higher regard then. the champions league/premier league generation have undermined international football.
