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The 2026 FIFA World Cup has been played, confetti has been swept, and the debate about what the tournament actually proved - or changed - has only begun. Every World Cup leaves a structural imprint: a team that was underestimated before the tournament and permanently re-rated after it; a tactical school that confirmed it is now the dominant approach; and a generation of players who arrive in club conversations with a new kind of leverage. This tournament will be no different. The question is which signals are noise and which will redirect football for the next four years. The Tactical...