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Former England captain Alan Shearer has hit out at the World Cup third-place match, calling it mathematically useless, ahead of Saturday night’s clash between England and France after both sides lost in the semi-finals.
Shearer said in a statement to one of the newspapers “Daily Mail” The British woman. “The game for third place in the World Cup is ridiculous. “FIFA talks a lot about the health and comfort of the players, and after they’re out of the tournament and can’t win the title, we make them go to Miami and play a third-place game in 37 or 38 degrees.”
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He added: “This makes no sense at all. The players should have returned to their country, or should have already returned and were preparing for a holiday, rather than staying an extra three or four days to play a non-important match with the sole aim of making more profit.”
“They say there is a chance to finish the tournament in the third place in the world. No, let me tell you. players now just want to go on vacation and stay away from the tournament. They are completely exhausted and they won’t look back in 20 years and say they are proud of finishing third or fourth in the tournament. This is ridiculous and everyone should know what kind of game it should be for France or England. has been cancelled.”
The third-place match provides additional revenue to FIFA, the organizing bodies and the broadcasting channels, with the winning team also receiving $2 million more than the fourth-placed team ($29 million versus $27 million).
It was not the first time Shearer had criticized the match, as he had previously described the Belgium-England clash for third place at the 2018 World Cup as “absolutely absurd”, according to the network. “RMC” French.
