Another reason why point-level metrics like MAE mislead: a 'small' % error on large bases is big in reality. The same way 7% alcohol might be harmless in 100ml, but serious in 1L.
You only need to look up why unlimited substitutions are allowed in futsal but not in 11v11 football to understand why 5v5 football is physically more demanding.
This Fifa enforced water breaks was just a ploy to commercialise the opportunity. Did you notice that your broadcaster played ads during the cooling breaks and you missed few seconds after resumption. Basically, the World cup games have been split into 4 quarters (NBA style)
Suddenly all the people who cared about human rights when Russia and Qatar hosted the world cup and suddenly quiet. .. No fancy documentary from the BBC on immigrants rights. No expose on Crime in inner cities (as we saw in South Africa)
Just silence.