HOW do you solve a problem like international friendlies?

Uefa has attempted to arrest dwindling attendances and interest with the introduction of “a new competition that aims to ensure the continued success of national team football by replacing most friendlies with competitive matches and enabling all nations to play against evenly matched opponents” 

Four leagues each split into four groups with promotion, relegation and a guaranteed place at the European Championship finals for four play-off winners has created more confusion than anticipation as it overlaps with the traditional qualification system, itself delayed until 2019.