PTThe article discusses a growing trend in football matches where teams deliberately kick the ball out of bounds along the sideline, close to the opposing team's goal, immediately after the referee blows the whistle to start play. This tactic has been observed in several clubs, with Paris Saint-Germain leading the trend, and it appears to have spread to the World Cup 2026, with examples cited in the USA vs Paraguay and Brazil vs Morocco matches. The article raises the question of what the purpose of this strategy might be.
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