Back in November, before a ball was drawn, FIFA announced the rule. The world number one and the number two go into opposite halves of the bracket. Number three and number four too.
At the time that was Spain, Argentina, France and England, in that order. However the results fell, the top four could not meet before the semis.
They borrowed this format from tennis. Sinner and Alcaraz, the two best male tennis players in the world right now, don't meet in the round of 16. They meet in the final or they don't meet at all.
And it makes sense for FIFA and the other sporting bodies.
The biggest teams don't cancel each other out in the round of 32, they survive to the games the world is actually watching. Bigger games, bigger numbers, bigger money.
Now the fun part. The same table that built this bracket is already being rewritten by it.
England beat Argentina, England climb. Spain beat France, Spain climb. And nobody loses a point doing it.
In World Cup knockouts, the loser's total doesn't drop. The winner simply takes. So, the rankings made these semis. These semis will remake the rankings. Interesting.
Why am I writing this? I have seen too many ArgenFIFA agenda and it is starting to get nauseating so I felt I should educate the TL a little about how these things actually work.
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How do you mean for straight 2 years, Messi was the only player to score for Argentina.
And he carried them to the 2018 World Cup.
Messi is really Underrated
You should have things you don't do, places you don't go to, substances you don't take, words you don't say
By all means, have Principles and Standards.
Boys man😂 this friend of mine got married last weekend, he hasn’t posted anything about the wedding, not himself nor the bride, guess who just posted Iraola?😂😂
After four years full of challenges and hard work, it's time to move on.
I leave with the feeling that the mission is complete. 4 seasons, 3 championships.
I will never forget the love I received from the fans from my very first days.
Catalonia is my place on earth.
Thank you to everyone I met along the way during these beautiful four years.
A special thank you to President Laporta for giving me the chance to live the most incredible chapter of my career.
Barça is back where it belongs.
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