Bizarre.
I think FIFA are at risk of messing with the world cup at their peril. Increasing teams to 48 will inevitably impact the average quality of games and risks more mismatches.
And this is truly bizarre
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Bizarre.
I think FIFA are at risk of messing with the world cup at their peril. Increasing teams to 48 will inevitably impact the average quality of games and risks more mismatches.
And this is truly bizarre
As usual, no thought given to the fans having to traipse across continents to watch their team. All about the greed.
I think the reasoning for going to Uruguay, Argentina and (slightly more weirdly) Paraguay is political not greed, but the whole thing is weird and as you say no thought given to travelling fans as clearly three sets of teams will have to travel there.
Just stupid.
That's the risk isn't it. It devalues the tournament. It's like saying the premier League is now for 50 clubs and pretending it's the same.
That said, I don't think the Euros going from 16 to 24 has damaged it, and there is a historical unbalance in world football in terms of how many teams qualify. But I'm certain the 48 team tournament will be devalued a little.
And how much will the bloody sticker albums cost to complete?!
Further cheapens the international game.
Ridiculous.
While we are all getting ready for electric travel Infantino has football fans flying all over the place.
Football-wise, as has been said, I'm not sure we should be getting too excited about going.
According to Fifa's rules, a continent can't host the next 2 World Cups so this bid would wipe out Europe, South America and Africa for the next 2 World Cups. The USA/Canada/Mexico bid wipes out North America for 2030 and 2034 leaving just Asia and Oceania (which doesn't include Australia in its confederation anymore I believe) able to bid for the 2034 World Cup.
Coincidentally Saudi Arabia just announced their bid for the 2034 World Cup...
It's like they're trying to make the worst decision every single time.
Having it in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay would be great, as would Spain, Portugal and maybe even Morocco. Combining them is so stupid.
I quite like it . The opening 3 matches being in South America hardly really upsets the rest of the tournament. As for the other '2 continents', Morocco is pretty close to Spain and Portugal to be fair, the fact it's in another continent is pretty academic
It does if you are one of the “lucky” teams who has to play there. Either fly across the world or only get to see 2 group games.
As others have said, being cynical you’d say it’s a setup for the Saudis to be the only game in town for the next one. Expect the Aussies to be paid off in one form or another as they are the other who have said they might be interested.
brown envelopes
Cannot disagree with any of this, including the choice of photo.
The biggest stitch-up in sports history. With Australia out of the way, with no debate, no vote, but plenty of backroom deals, Infantino's Fifa will hand out the 2034 WC to Saudi Arabia today. Shame on the FAs enabling this, France, England & Home Nations very much included. pic.twitter.com/GLGy0hmy1I
— Philippe Auclair (@PhilippeAuclair) October 31, 2023