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The Expanded Pitch: How FIFA's 48-Team Masterplan Traded Football's Soul for Global Inclusion and Billions

The Expanded Pitch: How FIFA's 48-Team Masterplan Traded Football's Soul for Global Inclusion and Billions


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Has football's soul been sold to the highest bidder?

For generations, the 32-team FIFA World Cup stood as the perfect sporting equilibrium and the undisputed pinnacle of global sports. But suddenly, FIFA shocked the world by expanding the tournament to 48 teams.

Pitched as a triumph of global inclusion, this new era introduced a bloated 12-group format, a staggering 104 total matches, and a highly controversial Round of 32. The Expanded Pitch is the definitive, explosive investigation into the real reasons behind this historic structural shift.

This forensic deep-dive exposes the dark side of the 48-team masterplan:

  • Political Horse-Trading: Discover how the promise of inclusion was weaponized to secure executive votes.
  • Financial Ruin: See how host cities are being strong-armed into crippling infrastructural debt.
  • Sporting Compromises: Learn how the newly minted Round of 32 opens a terrifying frontier for match manipulation.
  • Player Burnout: Hear the desperate cries of elite managers and athletes pushed past the limits of human endurance.

Essential reading for die-hard fans and sports business professionals, this book will completely transform how you view the global game. Prepare to uncover the hidden costs of exponential growth and the multi-billion-dollar geopolitical chess match defining modern football.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798195779962
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 222
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: How FIFA's 48-Team Masterplan Traded Football's Soul for Global Inclusion and Billions
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8195779964
  • Publisher Date: 06 May 2026
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 354 gr


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