Sound of Football Podcast @sofpodcast.com · 12d

Since the FIFA Rankings started in 1992, no more than two of the top four teams on the list going into a World Cup have made it to the semi-finals. This year all four have made it: 1v4, 2v3

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Sound of Football Podcast · 10d

A lot has been made of the fact that has happened because FIFA added seedings to the draw. But the way the draw came out these sides would have avoided each other until the semis anyway. The only difference is France and Argentina swapped groups. The semis would have been Spa v Arg and Fra v Eng