When you say they're playing 'wembley', do you mean the team or the game?
Speaking of Wembley, England thrash San Marino, a country with a smaller population than the capacity of Wembley stadium. What's the point? Countries like that musy pre qualify, surely. They turn up and basically do nothing but hold out for the possibility of a draw. Countries below a certain ranking should play each other to see who progresses to play bigger teams otherwise they'll never feel like they've achieved anything. It must be totally disheartening. It should be like the FA Cup, where the lower league teams play each other to see who gets to the fifth round, when the Prem teams get involved. For a lot of those teams, getting to that stage is a massive achievement and gives them a reason to properly compete.
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