World Cup hydration breaks draw boos and tactical pauses in Monterrey match

treb22

We are a water bottle nation. Keep filling and cleaning those bottles, folks

Jeffrey Keese8

We simply needed to play four quarters

Thomas7

You merely adopted advertising. We were born to it, molded by it. We didn't see a non-commercial public message until we were already men

Flaming Snowball7

Super hard to argue! Though, I will say the European feed — which does not cut to commercials during hydration breaks — spent a decent part of the TUR-PAR game talking about how the Seahawks won the Super Bowl in the stadium the game was being played at... …which sort of bolsters your point.

area man6

it’s simple if you can’t adapt to the game, adapt the game to you

G. Willow Wilson4

You jest, but there may honestly be something to this

d-d-jones.bsky.social4

American football is like work; a brief flurry of activity is followed by a meeting, repeat.

Neil Gilbert6

Thankfully, our commercial station (ITV - UK) doesn’t show adverts during these breaks. It does mean we have more time to listen to their super-knowledgeable pundits.🙄

Greg Tuck6

They also ruin the flow of the game. FIFA are a cancer on football.

fizz56.bsky.social3

And some suggesting football should be 4 quarters - horror of horrors! I hate what USA and FIFA have done

macneirr.bsky.social3

Yesterday during a game the ref signalled to players they can’t go to sideline to get water during an injury. For me I’m asking ref what rule allows him to stop me from moving about field? Seconds later there was a hydration break and everyone went to sideline for water. On its face ridiculous.

Richard Webb3

It's a fizzy piss plugging break. Appreciate the crowds booing it

Boo3

And it’s being spun that all matches have them (including air con matches) so it is fair on all teams🤡🤑

Matthew Newell 🇺🇦3

The "hydration breaks" also happen in an air conditioned stadium.

Anth2

The problem is, now the precedent has been set, they will almost certainly try the same thing at the next WC in Spain, Portugal and Morocco claiming heat, but even if that is repelled, it's guaranteed that the following one in Saudi will already have agreed to it. All that lovely ad revenue.

Wally Thinks6

Let’s ruin a great thing

Eric4

If they try it in Germany or France, the pitch will be covered with tennis balls from the fans. They can get away with it in America because of how submissive Americans are to the whims of the rich.

Richard Cohen2

I'm sure it's varying around the world, but interesting element over here is that even for the half of games that are on a commercial channel they're not showing ads during those breaks. Just chatting and analysis. Oh and the fans hate them. So we'll see.

Steel City Vegan3

I hate to say it, me too. Turkey v Paraguay while not really a hot pick was just end to end, two teams going for it entertainment. Feels like its been on for weeks though.

🇱🇻 Gez Campbell-Smith 🇱🇻3

If the hydration could instead be cheese breaks, brought to them by uniformed butlers, that would be much more fun. First half would be cheeses from one of the competing nations, second half the other. Then, in the knockout stage, in the event of a draw after extra time, it goes to cheese judges.

Graham🎶2

Agree, Richard. Particularly some of the lower profile matches like Uzbekistan v Colombia and Iran v New Zealand - proper end-to-end stuff! ⚽️