Yeah, been here about three weeks now. So far I've had two football "discussions" with people:
First was at a bar soon after I got there, we were talking to a couple people, then sports came up, and eventually I said I like Italian football (well, "soccer"). One guy said "Oh, so you like AC Milan then?" (like that's the only Italian club that exists), I was so horrified, my husband was amused though.
The second was when a couple guys came to our apartment to deliver furniture, we had the CL final on at the time. One of them asked if we were going to watch the WC, and we said yes. He said he follows the Mexican NT and my husband said that he liked Rafa Marquez when he was at Barca. The guy had no idea who that was.