Whats strange about soccer: It employs absurd mathematical precision to police offsides, a rule that mostly matters in spirit rather than in strict application. (You just don't want cherrypicking) But its extremely casual about timekeeping, whose literal application matters a ton
This 48-team format has ruined the World Cup.
Teams like Iraq, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Qatar, Curaçao, and Haiti simply don’t belong on football’s biggest stage.