Let's start with the"west path". Group 1:
Ireland-Extremadura 2-0 (possession 47-53, total shots 6-1, on target 5-1, woodwork 1-0)
Basle Country-Asturias 2-2 (possession 51-49, total shots 5-4, on target 2-3, woodwork 1-1)
Carinthia-Vienna 2-3 (possession 43-57, total shots 8-6, on target 5-4, woodwork 1-0)
Hesse-Styria 5-2 (possession 65-35, total shots 14-11, on target 9-5, woodwork 0-1)
Luxembourg-Rhineland Palatinate 3-1 (possession 39-61, total shots 7-2, on target 3-1, woodwork 2-0)
Group 2:
Northern Ireland-Galicia 0-0 (possession 35-65, total shots 2-2, on target 1-1, woodwork 0-0)
Bavaria-Balearic Islands 1-3 (possession 52-48, total shots 2-7, on target 1-4, woodwork 0-1)
England-Vorarlberg 1-1 (possession 53-47, total shots 3-4, on target 2-2, woodwork 0-0)
Holstein-Thurgovia 0-2 (possession 65-35, total shots 1-4, on target 0-2, woodwork 0-2)
Mecklenburg-Saarland 3-4 (possession 51-49, total shots 13-12, on target 5-7, woodwork 0-0)
Group 3:
Scotland-La Rioja 2-0 (possession 19-81, total shots 2-0, physicality fouls committed 67-0)
Belgium-Basque Country 0-0 (possession 35-65, total shots 3-4, on target 0-0, woodwork 0-0)
France-Westphalia 3-1 (possession 28-72, total shots 8-1, on target 3-1, woodwork 2-0)
Inner Rhodes-Thuringia 2-2 (possession 57-43, total shots 14-11, on target 3-2, woodwork 0-0)
Monaco-Salzburg 1-0 (possession 2-98, total shots 1-0, physicality fouls committed 0-0)
Group 4:
Wales-Madrid 3-0 (possession 14-86, total shots 3-0). Tackles: total 97-0, successful 95-0, fouls 2-0
Berlin-Canary Islands 3-5 (possession 28-72, total shots 9-30, on target 5-26, woodwork 0-2)
Fribourg-Zoug 2-0 (possession 35-65, total shots 4-0, on target 2-0, woodwork 0-0)
Jura-Tyrol 2-0 (possession 33-67, total shots 3-0, on target 2-0, woodwork 0-0)
Netherlands-Saxony 6-1 (possession 84-16, total shots 54-8, on target 7-4, woodwork 2-1)
Group 5:
Anhalt Saxony-Murcia 0-1 (possession 55-45, total shots 0-7, on target 0-2, woodwork 0-4)
Bern-Cantabria 0-1 (possession 77-23, total shots 0-1). Tackles: total 23-92, successful 7-59, fouls 1-16
Geneva-Zurich 1-2 (possession 58-42, total shots 9-3, on target 2-2, woodwork 0-1)
Liechtenstein-Upper Austria 1-1 (possession 37-63, total shots 7-12, on target 3-2, woodwork 1-1)
Neuchatel-Schaffhouse 2-0 (possession 41-59, total shots 7-0, on target 2-0, woodwork 2-0)
Group 6:
Argovia-Navarre 0-2 (possession 36-64, total shots 0-5, on target 0-2, woodwork 0-2)
Brandenburg-Castile & Leon 1-1 (possession 13-87, total shots 7-1, on target 3-1, woodwork 0-0)
Glarus-Andalusia 0-1 (possession 85-15, total shots 0-2, on target 0-1, woodwork 0-1)
Lower Austria-Uri 0-1 (possession 98-2, total shots 0-1, total tackles 0-0)
Nidwald-Schwyz 3-3 (possession 26-74, total shots 3-6, on target 3-4, woodwork 0-0)
Group 7:
Baden Wurttemberg-Portugal 0-0 (possession 35-65, total shots 0-6, on target 0-0, woodwork 0-0)
Bremen-Castilla La Mancha 5-1 (possession 18-82, total shots 9-1, on target 5-1, woodwork 3-0)
Grisons-Andorra 0-1 (possession 31-69, total shots 0-3, on target 0-1, woodwork 0-1)
Lower Saxony-Valais 1-4 (possession 58-42, total shots 1-8, on target 1-4, woodwork 0-0)
Obwald-Soleure 2-2 (possession 49-51, total shots 14-15, on target 2-2, woodwork 0-0)
Group 8:
Basle City-Valencia 2-4 (possession 39-61, total shots 9-15, on target 4-11, woodwork 0-2)
Burgenland-Catalonia 1-3 (possession 19-81, total shots 7-31, on target 1-3, woodwork 0-2)
Hamburg-Aragon 0-1 (possession 96-4, total shots 0-2, on target 0-1, woodwork 0-0)
Lucerne-Vaud 1-2 (possession 65-35, total shots 2-4, on target 1-2, woodwork 0-0). Passing 58%-57%
Outer Rhodes-St Gall 1-2 (possession 50-50, total shots 9-12, on target 2-3, woodwork 0-0)
And here comes quality football. "East path".
Group 1:
Cyprus-USSR 0-0 (possession 9-91, total shots 0-2, on target 0-1, woodwork 0-1)
Denmark-Hungary 0-0 (possession 65-35, total shots 0-0). Tackles: total 65-98, successful 38-75, fouls 24-23
Finland-Bulgaria 0-1 (possession 26-74, total shots 0-3, on target 0-2, woodwork 0-1)
Norway-San Marino 0-0 (possession 83-17, total shots 2-0, on target 1-0, woodwork 0-0)
Albania-Malta 2-0 (possession 52-48, total shots 4-0, on target 2-0, woodwork 1-0)
Group 2:
Greece-Yugoslavia 0-2 (possession 23-77, total shots 0-4, on target 0-3, woodwork 0-1)
Faroe Islands-Poland 0-1 (possession 45-55, total shots 0-2, on target 0-1, woodwork 0-1)
Iceland-Czechoslovakia 0-0 (possession 66-34, total shots 1-1, on target 0-1, woodwork 1-0)
Sweden-Ticino 4-0 (possession 92-8, total shots 52-0, on target 4-0, woodwork 7-0)
Italy-Romania 0-0 (possession 1-99, total shots 0-2, on target 0-1, woodwork 0-1)
This being an attempt to improve the image of football, the tie-breaking criteria are not the same as those used by FIFA and its subordinates. Teams with equal points are instead separated by:
1)more positive goal difference (goals scored minus goals conceded)
2)less goals conceded (because football is a defensive sport, whether you like it or not)
3)less matches lost (because the first step to a win is to avoid the loss)
Also, after the end of this classification process, one more criterion will be inserted:
4)larger slot number (this eliminates the need for lottery procedures or extra matches)
If the classification process ends with unbroken ties, there will be as many extra matches as needed, so that the ties are broken in the fairest way possible, without lottery procedures. This is a necessity, as not all of the countries I am using here have that "coefficient" given by "official bodies", so there are no slot numbers during the classification process. For the classification process groups I just separated the countries into subgroups (such as the Nordic subgroup that includes Iceland, Faroe Islands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland), sorted the subgroups alphabetically and then, within each subgroup, sorted the countries alphabetically. Therefore it would be arbitrary to have slot numbers at this point.
Oh, one more thing. All Gaul, Latin, Nordic and Slav teams are all-female. Most Germanic teams are all-male, but some teams such as Thurgovia, Monaco, France and England are all-female and there also are some mixed-gender teams such as Bremen and Bavaria. The scenery on the Iberian peninsula has a lot of diversity, ranging between the all-male Madrid and the all-female Andalusia, Cantabria etc etc. As for the Greek teams, Greece is mixed-gender and Cyprus all-female.
Last but not least, don't bother looking for Gibraltar, Israel, Kazakhstan and Turkey. They are UEFA members, but Gibraltar is in Africa, Kazakhstan is part of the USSR and the other two are countries of Asia. Therefore UEFA's idea of European Football is null and void. All they have on their side is money and marketing, no proof of knowledge, no proof of ability, no proof of good intent for the sport, nothing trustworthy. I would very much like an independent body to appear out of nowhere, perform some checking on UEFA's and FIFA's actual financial activities and expose it all in a report for all to see. You know, I am curious about the exact numbers the circuit of corruption catches. I would like to compare them to the 400 Euros per month each player of their teams gets.
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