You cannot - in a once-every-four-years competition - that is largely a single elimination tournament - make a team play 10 on 11 after a red card, and then remove that team’s offending player for the next game. You just cannot, for ANY reason… let alone a silly, unintentional ‘infraction’ like tonight’s. Not when fans care, root, and spend this much. It ruins the product. And also invites corruption among referees.
@windowintlpod Solid take but genuinely confused why Kuwait aren’t mentioned. They’ve been more consistent than like half these teams and seem to have more going for them right now. Did you overlook them or is there something else?
this expansion happened for a reason. asia’s investing billions and building systems that take 10-15 years to mature. fifa loves money and knows keeping asia's seats at 8-9 is best for business. so pulling the rug out now because of one bad tournament is peak reactionary
6/ the competitive imbalance at the 2026 world cup partly reflects the format change itself. more teams, less preparation time. different format. and that resolves naturally over one or two cycles.
@Shubail1647221@FootballPak reducing asia to 5 world cup slots is backwards. you want the continent to improve? give them more chances to compete, not fewer. japan and korea are solid. more participation = more investment. plus the afc is already corrupt enough without limiting opportunities even more
@postleftpuppy im not really sure but i do remember years ago there was a run where he was transported to the future and assumed the mantle for a while. i want to say Future's End?