Cooling breaks are one of the most game-changing decisions FIFA has ever made
They can twist everything, fix positioning, slow the game down, and open the door for strategic changes. Anything can happen in those few minutes
These ‘hydration breaks’ are fundamentally warping the World Cup. Curacao had just enjoyed perhaps the highlight so far with that equaliser against Germany and were on the attack again. Then three minutes to promote a laptop brand, and momentum is handed straight back. Wretched.