Reportedly 15 million households in US have watched the final.
Gianni Infantino should make a SuperBowl type of annual World Cup to milk the market. I'm joking. Hope he's removed from general secretary. The guy has no respect for football traditions, proposing WC every 3 years, expanding the tournament to 48 teams. At first some may applaud this but looking at the details, this is pure marketing:
- Football in UEFA zone is king and has only 3 teams increase from 13 to 16. 15 teams were in 1998 France, right? So absolutely irrelevant.
- New Zealand have already qualified from OFC zone for the 2026 World Cup in USA. Unless we need Tonga to break the record for goals conceded in WC history. Oleg Salenko would love to play in such game.
- Africa and Asia have almost double the spots for 2026 WC. You know no need to address the elephant in the room when it comes to football in Asia.
- North America have 3 hosts, so they gave additional 3 slots to teams like Costa Rica, Panama to compete for.