Japan and Morocco face old order giants in the hope of a brave new world | World Cup 2026
By: Jonathan Wilson | Published: 2026-06-27 19:00:12 | Source: www.theguardian.com
The World Cup exists in a state of perpetual flux. It goes to new territories. It gets bigger. It experiments with second group phases and replaces playoffs for sides level on points with goal difference then head-to-head. And still one of the same eight countries from western Europe or South America wins it.
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Since Argentina in 1978, there have been two new winners, and those were France and…
