Are World Cup game results being ‘assisted’?
Fri 6:13 am +00:00, 17 Jul 2026 1It certainly seems that way in this World Cup.
Teams 1,2,3,4 ranked in the world made the final 4. It seemed to me that Argentina could have had a hatful of yellow cards in the first half and yet the ref gave the first one to an English player.
The way tuchel switched to all out defence with 30 mins to go was madness and all the punters agreed on this. The dissenters said he did this against Mexico and it worked – conveniently forgetting we only had 10 men at the time and Mexico are not a patch on an Argentina side that had 8 premium league club players in their side!
The England under coach at half time said we would play premier league intensity at them and we would be less tired – a nonsense statement almost to the point of saying we want them to win!
The same happened with France when the players couldn’t understand the manager’s stupid tactics against Spain. Deliberately selecting a weak midfield and doing nothing about it when it was clear they were overwhelmed.
An all Spanish speaking final with a south American team against a European was a necessary conclusion.
O well my own fault for thinking despite all the nonsense we could win.
Tim
A bit like wars. The result is arranged before they start so the money is safe.