article_snippet: I always thought international football was about the best players from one country pitting themselves against the best players from another country.
article_snippet: When one country faces another country on a football pitch, shouldn't the main purpose of that match be to see how 11 players from one nation fares against 11 players from a different nation?
article_snippet: Isn't that a fundamental premise and prerequisite of international football?
article_snippet: If it isn't, and the international game has become a free for all involving bending the rules so that the rules no longer matters where you were born and which nationality makes your heart beat stronger, then what is the point of your heart.
article_snippet: International football should always be about one country against another.
article_snippet: It's become more about players enhancing more about players enhancing their careers when it should be about the passion you feel for your country careers when it should be about the passion you feel for your country.