Smaller nations scratch around for friendlies
Like so often in the modern game, arranging international friendlies is much easier if you happen to be a big and powerful footballing nation.
While this week offered three lucrative and prestigious friendlies — Brazil-Italy, Spain-England and France-Argentina — smaller countries were left scratching around for opposition.
Paraguay, who despite playing at three successive World Cups seem [...]<div class="feedflare">
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