r/AskEurope • u/ATWK01 Portugal • 27d ago

Misc What is the chip on your country's shoulder?

A.K.A. the thing that people are still sensitive or insecure about, or feel the need to correct or overcome. A historical grievance, an ongoing issue, a cultural stereotype, etc.

For Portugal, it would be how irrelevant we are compared to the 16th century, or the fact that everyone confuses us with Spaniards or Brazilians. (Though it’s not as intense now that we’ve become a popular tourist hotspot.)

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u/wijnandsj Netherlands 26d ago

Losing the world championship football in 1974 to Germany

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u/KingKingsons Netherlands 26d ago

And again in ‘78 and ‘10. It still hurts.

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u/PussyMalanga 26d ago

The 2010 finale was a disappointment in the moment but I don't have a chip on my shoulder from losing against a better Spain side. In 1998 and 2000 we had stellar teams but did not even make the finals...

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u/KingKingsons Netherlands 26d ago

Spain was absolutely the better side, no argument there, but we had gotten so close.

But yeah, the teams between 2000 and 2008 not doing better was a shame.

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u/Dodecahedrus --> 26d ago

At least in 2010 Jeremy Clarkson supported the Dutch. “Why?” “Because the Dutch watch Top Gear!”

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u/Vismajor92 Hungary 24d ago

Wodden legged Robben!

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u/rudolf_waldheim Hungary 26d ago

Losing the world cup in 1954 to Germany.

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u/MatthewKvatch England 26d ago

Best team never to win it. Maybe the best team regardless.

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u/Jallamekk123456789 26d ago

Sixty years of hurt

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u/Tortoveno Poland 26d ago

This xD

How could you?

Is it true the Germans were doped with WW2 stock of Pervitin aka Panzerschokolade aka "vitamins"?

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u/Tortoveno Poland 26d ago

Ah, Poland - the Netherlands final could be fun.

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u/Dodecahedrus --> 26d ago

We’re pretty well balanced and such for the rest.

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u/fluorine_nmr United Kingdom 23d ago

Was going to say this about England! I don't follow football but the amount people bang on about 1966 or whatever year it was... you have to be retirement age to remember it but people act like it was yesterday?!