Auld Mug in Barca, 48-team World Cups and other dumb ideas
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A remarkable thing happened late last week that I ignored at the time.
Italy, current European champions, were beaten at football by North Macedonia, a country that has existed as a sovereign state since 1991.
The loss, in Palermo, condemned Italy to missing its second World Cup in succession.
It might be the last time such a shock is allowed to occur.
When it was initially raised, the idea of a 48-team World Cup just seemed like a silly joke - a drunk-uncle kind of suggestion made by the drunk uncles at Fifa to give themselves reasons to fly to Zurich, stay at the Baur au Lac, eat fondue, get stress-relieving massages and come up with other craven ideas.
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