Post by Excellent Bulletproof Vest on Jul 15, 2018 23:39:56 GMT
Competitively 48 teams makes as much sense as scrapping the group stage altogether and just making it straight knockout.
The format they've chosen makes it worse. It is inevitable that the final group games will have two teams entering into matches with a single outcome being mutually beneficial.
There's no way of doing this without ruining the competition.
The format they've chosen makes it worse. It is inevitable that the final group games will have two teams entering into matches with a single outcome being mutually beneficial.
There's no way of doing this without ruining the competition.