Where to watch live broadcast, streaming of today’s FIFA World Cup matches happening together at same time? With the FIFA World Cup in Qatar entering its final round of group games, there will be changes in timings of the matches. From November 29, two matches of the same group will be played simultaneously instead of at different times as in the first and second rounds of group fixtures. Why has the format changed? To know why this is being done, one needs to go back to the 1982 World Cup in Spain.
Also ReadWith Algeria playing its final group match a day before West Germany and Austria, the qualification scenarios were clear for both European teams. A West Germany win by one or two goals would have seen the Germans and Austria qualify based on goal difference. A West Germany win by four goals or more would have been seen the former qualify with Algeria. A West Germany win by exactly three goals would have sent Algeria and Austria to the next tiebreaker (goals scored). In that scenario, where West Germany had won by a margin of three and a tiebreaker happened between the other two sides, Austria could have qualified only if it scored two goals or more in its defeat ( i.