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Is the new World Cup format fair?
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“You might have two teams trying to lose”
Nicky Bandini and Mark Langdon decry the uneven nature of the new World Cup format and point out some potential problems.
Nicky laments the unfair nature of the ‘best third places advancing’ rule, pointing out that Sweden have an advantage over Scotland simply by playing a day later. Mark and Max then discuss how the format could throw up fixtures where one or both teams don’t even want to win.
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