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This might only be a bit of a gripe for this tournament as it's not so important, but they need to get to grips with it for the WC.
You can't expect it to be the same conditions as Europe, and the US is having some unusual weather at the moment, but there's every chance a lot of the games are going to played in heat (edit: apparently WC games need to be on real grass), so a bit of trial and error required here. If they throw in a shit match ball like we had in 2010 then it becomes a fractionally more randomised tournament. Maybe FIFA wants that?
This might only be a bit of a gripe for this tournament as it's not so important, but they need to get to grips with it for the WC.
You can't expect it to be the same conditions as Europe, and the US is having some unusual weather at the moment, but there's every chance a lot of the games are going to played in heat (edit: apparently WC games need to be on real grass), so a bit of trial and error required here. If they throw in a shit match ball like we had in 2010 then it becomes a fractionally more randomised tournament. Maybe FIFA wants that?
I feel like recent world cups have been engineered to create surprise teams and sudden breakout players and/or blockbuster narratives. Turkiye making the semis in Japan maybe the last organic instance of this (Korea was by contrast a laughably transparent fix job).
Last World Cup the Argentina glaze was insufferable. Hilariously Saudi were the actual surprise package after they utterly flattened Messi etc but FIFA wanted the photos of Leo with the trophy.
All that said - I think the decisions they make will be taken to help whatever outcome they think will make the best storyline. It could legit be to help Cristiano win one who knows.
Last World Cup the Argentina glaze was insufferable. Hilariously Saudi were the actual surprise package after they utterly flattened Messi etc but FIFA wanted the photos of Leo with the trophy.
All that said - I think the decisions they make will be taken to help whatever outcome they think will make the best storyline. It could legit be to help Cristiano win one who knows.
