Open Thread: October 20, 2021

The Open Thread/Daily Merengue is a place where you can discuss anything and everything related to football. Feel free to discuss the topics presented here, or start your very own discussions! The Open thread will be posted every day by one of the mods: Valyrian Steel, Felipejack, YoSnail, Ezek Ix or NeRObutBlanco.

What a victory!

Los Blancos finally are back with convincing victory. Carlo mentioned the 4-3-3 in the press conference and that’s what the system he opt for this game. The match was covered in the Immediate Reaction and Three Questions and Three Answers articles.

Benzema was considered the Man of the match!

World Cup every 2 years.

According to El Larguero, FIFA told all National Teams that they’re planning to hold World Cup every 2 years starting 2026.

Per ESPN report, the study for making this happens is being done by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. One of FIFA’s objects is to make the international football more important. Wenger thinks that more world cups will boost all aspects of football, because one of his idea is to have fewer international breaks during the season. In addition, there will groups of 4 nations playing just six qualifying games, which it will make things more exciting. Wenger also proposes a 25 days of rest for the players after the international tournaments.

What do you think?