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[Adidas on youtube] Zidane to Messi: "It's true there are only a few No 10s left. Well, thank goodness you still play and the No. 10 still exists." (alien.top)

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[–] Boollish@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I think there's more nuance to the 7 game tournament thing.

Realistically, the World Cup needs to be fit into a period of 2-3 weeks for logistical and tv rights reasons. And as well, a single elimination tournament format is not the best way to judge the quality of a team. There are a lot of ways the format is a poorer judge of the question "which country is best at soccer" than, for example, a more traditional league format would be.

Another example is that giant slaying is fun in single elimination domestic cups, but the first division is always a better indication of team quality.

None of this takes away from winning the trophy.