I like Friendly Matches In Football

 I like Friendly Matches In Football.

The main reason is there is nothing to lose. 

If you lose, you can write it off as a meaningless friendly game. 

I you win then you can cheer your team winning. 

Also another reason is you get to play more unusual matches. 

In club soccer, you could get Celtic playing a Scottish non-l;eague side. or Aberdeen playing a Scottish Highland League side. 

You can play teams from abroad, or in different divisions, or representative sides. 

Teams like Aberdeen or Dundee United could tour an Asian, North American or African country. 

Which is very unlikely to happen in a competitive match. 

Plus in international football Scotland get to play top non-European sides like Brazil, South Africa, Argentina, the USA, or Nigeria. 

It is fun to play non-European sides in matches. And to have an impact outside of Europe. 

But I still like it when Scotland or a Scottish club side play a team from a European country in a friendly. 

Sometimes you get unusual matches like the Republic of Ireland v Glasgow Celtic, or Hibernian v Gibraltar. 

I love matches like that when it blurs the difference between international and club football. 

I remember one time Dunfermline Athletic played the New Zealand national side. 

Rangers and Celtic have both played Chinese selects in matches. 

As I have said before I would love Scottish sides to play sides from India, or China more often. And friendly matches seem the most likely option there. 

I love friendly games because of the lack of tension, added to the more unusual fixtures you can have.