Goalless draws revive criticisms of World Cup timing

2018 World Cup finalists Croatia have gotten their World cup campaign off with a goalless draw against Morocco.

Croatia were surprisingly poor and Morocco will probably feel hard done by as it was a game they will feel that they should have won.

This is the third nil-nil draw in the last four games at this World Cup compared to a solitary 0-0 draw in 64 matches at the 2018 World Cup.

This statistic, coupled with the injury list of players at the tournament, has led to suggestions of fatigue and refreshed criticisms of the tournament’s timing.

This is the first World Cup to be played at this time of the year.