My top ten international derbys would be:

BRAZIL X ARGENTINA
BRAZIL X ITALY
ITALY X GERMANY
ENGLAND X SCOTLAND
BRAZIL X HOLLAND
ARGENTINA X ENGLAND
HOLLAND X GERMANY
ARGENTINA X COLOMBIA
BRAZIL X URUGUAY
HOLLAND X ARGENTINA

THOSE WOULD BE ALL GREAT GAMES...THEY'RE ALL GREAT TEAMS BUT THE DERBY BETWEEN BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA STANDS OUT...THOSE TWO TEAMS HATE EACH OTHER...AND SO DOES ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND I KNOW BUT YOU CAN NEVER COMPARE BRAZIL X ARGENTINA TO SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND...ENGLAND HAS GREAT PLAYERS SUCH AS BECKAM AND OWEN....BUT I CAN'T SAY THE SAME ABOUT SCOTLAND THE ONLY PLAYER I CAN RECALL FROM THE WORLD CUP IS THAT BLONDE DEFENSE MAN THAT'S ALL...IN A DERBY LIKE BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA YOU CAN SEE PLAYERS LIKE...RONALDO, ROBERTO CARLOS, CAFU, RIVALDO, ELBER,AMOROSO, RONALDINHO, BATISTUTA, VERON, ORTEGA, SIMEONE, BALBO, ZANNETI, PALERMO ETC...SO FOR ME THAT'S THE BEST ONE OF ALL...

YUGOSLAVIA : CROATIA

what about Turkey vs Greece?

what about Turkey vs Greece?

You copied my topic! But who cares I copied it off Radio Five Live

SCOTLAND vs England

All other derbys are no in no contention to these 2 (exluding Europe vs World xi)

What about England v Germany???

We play them so much it almost IS like a regular derby match!!!!!

Yugo Vs Croatia is the best, ok they have only played twice and only 4 goals have been scored but if you want two teams that hate each other go with cro v yugo

Portugal vs. Spain has got to be up there.

Hey man

Don't forget the Derby of the Lowlands:

Belgium-Holland

They allready played eachother 122 times

Hey, you must include the IBERIC match
PORTUGAL vs. SPAIN

What about FRANCE VS ENGLAND?????

what about England-Republic of Ireland? thats pretty tense (Catholics vs Protestants)

Portugal-Spain is nasty as those 2 countries do not like each other.

Brazil-Uruguay is big.

The biggest I say would have to be Yugo-Croatia...for non-footballing reasons though....Yugo-Albania could be there to.


and another one that could be tense because of historical events would be Germany-Israel.

Hey, how about Mexico-USA, is nowadays the CONCACAF classic. I´m gonna tell you that every macht played by those teams, is in game the proud of them.

Oh..I forgot the ever so common:

Holland-Belgium

Australia - New Zealand

Australia vs New Zealand
only problem we would kick new zealands ass about 10 nil.

Yes I agree the recent Mexico-USA games have been quite good.
I think best game I ever saw USA play was in the WC98 qualifier in Mexico when they played a man down for 60 minutes and still managed to create chances and got a 0-0 draw, so that people cheered US team and booed Mexico at the end!

Also no one mentioned Ukraine-Russia, new rivalry but very hateful from what you read went on during Euro 2000 qualifiers.

Sweden- Norway

England vs wales/Ireland/Scotland/N Ireland

Every Nation inside the Brittish isles loves beating England.
England fans always love creating a riot when they play them.

There're great derbys guys, but nothing compares to Brazil x Argentina.
This game isn't only a classic, is a real WAR...

top derby to watch must be ITALY v BRAZIL closely follwed by ITALY v GERMANY and then BRAZIL v ARGENTINA. BRAZIL v ARGENTINA alot of good football but not enough tactics. i do like game thats one way and then the other way as long as defence is good players have to use skill. i really like that. i would say thats the best thing in football , when u see a player using his skills to the full.

Sweden - Finland (in hockey anyway) http://www.soccergaming.com/ubb/wink.gif
North Korea - South Korea, surely that one must be tense...

Yeah guys they're all good derbys...Sorry my portuguese fellows I forgot about that great derby... Spain X Portuagal...It really should be up there... http://www.soccergaming.com/ubb/smile.gif

Cro-Yugo definitely, not for hatred top list but prestige between the players and the teams of the same school of football. Players on the pitch know only about that. Ones watching must enjoy it. They only played two times - drew. I think it's the closest and most exciting derby - many chances for scoring on both ends.
Hatred , religion - don't talk about that please. It's only for the stupid in the mass that don't watch nor care for football. Thank you.

HEy what about Russia ws Ukrania
or Brazil ws Argentina