Estonia eye France match to set record
Estonia aim to set up a match with France to cap their drive to become the first ever team to have played all 52 fellow European footballing nations. France became the final missing card from Estonia’s pack after the Baltic team found themselves facing...
Estonia aim to set up a match with France to cap their drive to become the first ever team to have played all 52 fellow European footballing nations.
France became the final missing card from Estonia’s pack after the Baltic team found themselves facing their only other remaining opponents, Serbia, in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2012.
Notching up 51 different opponents is particularly impressive given that Estonia, a nation of 1.3 million, only returned to international football in 1992 after the end of five decades of Soviet rule.
Even if Estonia fail to agree on a friendly with France, they are still crossing their fingers that they can set the record by ending up in the same group as Les Bleus when the draw for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers takes place in July.
The closest runners-up in the race to play all 52 fellow UEFA members are Poland and Germany, who are only missing three nations each to complete the set.