🗞️ Daily Digest: 2030 World Cup, Klopp wants replay, VAR fixes and more | OneFootball

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Lewis Ambrose·4 October 2023

🗞️ Daily Digest: 2030 World Cup, Klopp wants replay, VAR fixes and more

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FIFA World Cup 2030 to have six host nations

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News about the 2030 World Cup broke on Wednesday afternoon, with the tournament set to begin in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay before moving to Spain, Portugal and Morocco. FIFA have confirmed the plans, with the tournament to kick-off in South America to mark 100 years since the first ever World Cup.


Klopp asks for replay after VAR debacle

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Jürgen Klopp has called for Liverpool’s game at Tottenham to be replayed after a VAR blunder denied the Reds a goal on Sunday. “I’m used to wrong and difficult decisions, but something like this never happened,” the German said. “That is why I think a replay is the right thing to do.”


Four suggestions to improve VAR

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With all that VAR chat in mind, we’ve four suggestions to fix it. From automating offsides like in the Champions League, borrowing for other sports to have more transparent audio or a challenge system and finding ways to raise the standard of officiating. But would any of that work?


The transfer of the summer

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David Beckham has been doing the media rounds with the release of his Netflix documentary. Speaking to Sky, the former England captain has explained how a four-year plan to lure Lionel Messi to Inter Miami began by sneaking into a hotel room and finally came to fruition this summer.


The Perfect Player

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What if you could combine the world’s fastest player, the world’s strongest player, the world’s best finisher, the world’s best defender and more to create a footballing Frankenstein? EA FC 24 is out now and we have built the perfect men’s and women’s footballers using in-game stats and the brand new PlayStyles feature.