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Civil unrest is brewing. The World Cup 2022 offers zero matches on TV today.<\/p>\n
We had grown accustomed to four consecutive matches, from the hallowed 10am slot to the 7pm primetime platform, in the opening group stage rounds.<\/p>\n
Those halcyon days were swiftly ended, replaced by four matches played in two time slots, followed by the knockout rounds and their meagre offering of just 180 minutes of live football on a daily basis. Until now.<\/p>\n
Men and women of the UK are roaming aimlessly in the streets, reconnecting with loved ones, remembering their old lives before the World Cup \u2013 but this is against their wishes. They want more football.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/span><\/a> rounds up why there are no World Cup matches on today, plus a glimmer of hope with the date when the next matches will take place.<\/span><\/p>\n For more World Cup features check out: World Cup 2022 TV schedule<\/a> |\u00a0World Cup 2022 kits ranked<\/a> | World Cup 2022 stadiums<\/a>\u00a0| Best players at the World Cup<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The World Cup is taking a breather. There are no games on today to allow players rest following such a busy schedule in the group stages and early knockout rounds.<\/p>\n For example, the number of full days between England\u2019s first four matches have been three, three and four.<\/p>\n The break between the Three Lions facing Senegal and France is five days.<\/p>\n It\u2019s still a cramped schedule, but players playing in continental club competitions are fairly accustomed to playing two games per week, most weeks.<\/p>\n Had there been no gap between the Round of 16 and quarter-finals, Brazil and Croatia would have had just one full day of rest between games \u2013 clearly an unsustainable way to play tournament football.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, Wednesday isn\u2019t the only day off. There will be no games on Thursday, and there will also be a short break between the quarter-finals and the semi-finals.<\/p>\n The next match at the World Cup 2022 will be\u00a0Croatia v Brazil<\/strong> at 3pm<\/strong> on\u00a0Friday 9th December 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Until then, stay strong, friends.<\/p> Check out our World Cup<\/a> hub for all the latest from Qatar 2022, including match previews, predictions and analysis.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/b>TV Guide<\/b><\/a> or Streaming Guide<\/a><\/strong>, or visit our <\/b>Sport<\/b><\/a> hub.<\/b><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is released on sale now \u2013 subscribe now<\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Michael Potts Published: Wednesday, 07 December 2022 at 12:00 am Civil unrest is brewing. The World Cup 2022 offers zero matches on TV today. We had grown accustomed to four consecutive matches, from the hallowed 10am slot to the 7pm primetime platform, in the opening group stage rounds. Those halcyon days were swiftly ended, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":26706,"template":"","categories":[1,7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/why-are-there-no-world-cup-matches-on-today-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/why-are-there-no-world-cup-matches-on-today-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/why-are-there-no-world-cup-matches-on-today-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/why-are-there-no-world-cup-matches-on-today-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/why-are-there-no-world-cup-matches-on-today-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/why-are-there-no-world-cup-matches-on-today-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/12\/why-are-there-no-world-cup-matches-on-today-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Michael Potts Published: Wednesday, 07 December 2022 at 12:00 am Civil unrest is brewing. The World Cup 2022 offers zero matches on TV today. We had grown accustomed to four consecutive matches, from the hallowed 10am slot to the 7pm primetime platform, in the opening group stage rounds. Those halcyon days were swiftly ended,…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/26705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why are there no World Cup games today?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
When is the next World Cup match?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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