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Originally Posted by polak
No, for Poland to finally beat Germany and in real meaningful competition. I honestly can't think pf a comparable sports rival for Canada. Imagine if American Football was as big as hockey here and the whole world cared about it and we beat the US for the first time, after 81 years.
People in Poland are going to celebrate this for a while.
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And so they should, they played well.
But its still a qualifier and the end result likely doesnt change all that much.
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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
the smaller countries want it too
there has been talk of a pre-qualifying tournament but they all hate it, they want to play against the big teams
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Of course they do, they want the big teams to come to their cities so they can watch, even if that means watching the representatives of their own nations get absolutely annihilated.