Honestly, I thought this increase from 32 to 48 teams was very good, but making groups with only three participants, and ranking two in order to take two thirds of all teams to a direct elimination duel is insane, in my opinion.
Obviously this is not defined yet, but I would prefer to see 12 groups with four teams each, so that fewer teams qualify for the second phase.
And you, do you agree?
I also have another question.... how do you imagine that Argentina, current champions, will perform in the next World Cup without Lionel Messi and Ángel di María?
I think Argentina need to be concerned early on about how they are going to deal with this deficit in their attacking team.
Obviously this is not defined yet, but I would prefer to see 12 groups with four teams each, so that fewer teams qualify for the second phase.
And you, do you agree?
I also have another question.... how do you imagine that Argentina, current champions, will perform in the next World Cup without Lionel Messi and Ángel di María?
I think Argentina need to be concerned early on about how they are going to deal with this deficit in their attacking team.
I agree with 12 groups of 4 teams, I think Fifa will chose this format instead of others.
But I'll add something I haven't said yet, I prefer the World cup with 32 teams every 2 years hehehe, instead of 4 years. It's a lot of time to wait until the next one.
About Argentina's next cup, there's a small, very small possibility to Messi play the next world cup, he will be 39
I don't think he will play until 39, but it's a possibility since Messi is not a player who gets injured a lot and it's in good shape.
I believe Argentina will have a big problem to make another team without Messi, obviously, but the coach and confederation will probably talk with Messi to make their plans to 2026, where they can plan to build the team with or without Messi.
