Ex-Germany coach Vogts: Expanded World Cup 'does football harm'

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2026-06-11

Berlin (dpa) - Former Germany defender and coach Berti Vogts has voiced sharp criticism on the expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams. "Honestly, such a mammoth tournament does football harm," Vogts told Thursday's Rheinische Post paper. "It is not good to blow up such a World Cup, not for the tournament, not for the players, not for the quality of the game and in the end not for the clubs as well." Vogts said that people want to see "the best te......

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