With the draw manipulated that: Spain, France, Brazil and Argentina, can't run into each other too soon.How about? If you have a perfect group phase (9 points) you get seeded for the round of 16, skipping the round of 32.As a reward for teams that play their best instead of gambling to avoid team X is they finish runners up in their group.
yeah but the ONLY good thing about this bullshit expansion is the chances of big upsets in the round of 32, you're just giving the big teams an easier ride which negates the only positive
>>154998204FIFA could just as well have held a WC for the top 4 nations.
Even better: >8 groups of 2 trios>Everyone plays every team from the other trio in the same group>Last placed teams from every trio get eliminated>1st and 2nd places of each trio face each other in the 1st round of knockout>Everything else continues as normal>Easily understood by looking at something like pic related
>>154998816Example
