On a sensible note, if the government ordered (and the FA acquiesed to) England's withdrawal one immediate and long lasting impact would almost certainly be exclusion from Uefa and Fifa who have a strict rule about government interference in national governing bodies and history of enforcing...
Friends?
Why would anyone imagine we still have friends beyond our borders........except for Theresa May of course and her cabinet.........but as our former allies increasingly point out, they are entirely deluded.