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Olympic Soccer - How do you rate it?

Mr. E: Retired Mod; Posts: 18,291; And1: 6,510; Joined: Apr 15, 2006; Location: Defending Planet Earth with a Jet-Pack & a Ray-Gun!; Post #1 » by Mr. E » Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:59 am

Olympic Soccer - How do you rate it?

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Post #1 » by Mr. E » Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:59 am

As someone who respects and appreciates soccer, but is not a big fan (hence calling it soccer and not football or futbal

) I am curious how seriously soccer fans regard the Olympics.

Obviously winning an Olympic Gold Medal is not up there with the World Cup, let's establish my baseline of understanding there. But how seriously do soccer fans take the Olympics in relation to other national tournaments, or even professional club championships?

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BarbaGrizz: Analyst; Posts: 3,386; And1: 1,569; Joined: May 25, 2007; Location: Brazil; Post #2 » by BarbaGrizz » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:20 am

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Post #2 » by BarbaGrizz » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:20 am

Brazilian here, only the media takes soccer with some seriousness, everyone else just dont care, its just another sport, way different than the WC

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Vonneguts: Freshman; Posts: 81; And1: 53; Joined: Jul 17, 2014; Post #3 » by Vonneguts » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:09 pm

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Post #3 » by Vonneguts » Thu Aug 11, 2016 3:09 pm

Irrelevant, really. It makes no sense.

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