THEY were the type of weather conditions that would have made the victorious Ghana manager, Carlos Queiroz, think he was back in Manchester, where he was once an assistant to Alex Ferguson at United, rather than in North America for a summer World Cup.

Concerns grow over whether new stoppage rules serve profit rather than football’s integrity, writes JAMES NALTON

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  • naeap@sopuli.xyz
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    5 hours ago

    It all started with the reasonable thing, that if it’s too hot, there is a drinking break
    Which was fine

    But now this is the new normal.
    And football lives a bit from that, that’s it a long hard game, where endurance, strength and ball control play together

    But now splitting 2 half times into 4 quarters is just not the same anymore

    And yeah, they’re using it to show ads
    I’m very sure, it’s just about commercialisation - and that pisses me off even more

    Edit: read the article after making my comment, and it’s making pretty much the same points and leading to the same conclusion
    Fuck FIFA for that - and maybe it’s just a coincidence, but having that shit now regularly during the world cup in the USA, just fits…