What I don’t get is it’s called a World Cup and the citizens of those countries go wild for their national teams but their teams are made up from the best players money can buy no matter what country they are from. So what’s the meaning when one country wins over another. Not much from what I see. If they were truly national teams I would be more interested. Just my opinion.
Sorry, but you seem confused.
The World Cup IS an international tournament for countries, I think you are getting it confused with the major club soccer championships, like the European Champions League.