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<blockquote data-quote="TRF_heineken" data-source="post: 965670" data-attributes="member: 40658"><p>How do you guys expect this to happen when not even Fifa has expanded the World Cup with the highest total countries playing a team sport???</p><p></p><p>Seriously, WR is doing so much to expand the game and for the first time in a long time the qualifiers for this WC was extremely close and competitive, in nearly every region.</p><p></p><p>And lest we forget that some teams only qualified for this tournament because other teams got kicked for match fixing.</p><p></p><p>If anything if you wanted the WC to be competitive in all games in the pool stages, then the amount of teams should be decreased to 16...</p><p></p><p>Yes the difference in quality is massively different between tier 1 and tier 2&3. But if Japan can make that step up, then so could the other countries. It's not just WR and the tier 1 nations that should look at expansion and remain competitive, the emerging nations should look at improving in all areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TRF_heineken, post: 965670, member: 40658"] How do you guys expect this to happen when not even Fifa has expanded the World Cup with the highest total countries playing a team sport??? Seriously, WR is doing so much to expand the game and for the first time in a long time the qualifiers for this WC was extremely close and competitive, in nearly every region. And lest we forget that some teams only qualified for this tournament because other teams got kicked for match fixing. If anything if you wanted the WC to be competitive in all games in the pool stages, then the amount of teams should be decreased to 16... Yes the difference in quality is massively different between tier 1 and tier 2&3. But if Japan can make that step up, then so could the other countries. It’s not just WR and the tier 1 nations that should look at expansion and remain competitive, the emerging nations should look at improving in all areas. [/QUOTE]
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