Virgil van Dijk lets rip at FIFA for controversial World Cup rule change

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12:05, Mon, Jun 15, 2026 Updated: 12:05, Mon, Jun 15, 2026 Virgil van Dijk wasn't happy after the Netherlands' first match (Image: Claro Sports)Virgil van Dijk has blasted FIFA’s implementation of the hydration breaks at the 2026 World Cup and has called on the governing body to amend their own rules. Speaking in the aftermath of the 2-2 draw, the Liverpool ace said: “I think hydration breaks are really interesting.

I think every time going to commercials is a bit, not really something that I like.“I think for the neutral watchers on TV it is also not great. So if it is really hot it would be good to put them in but I think you have to look at it in every game, separately, in my opinion.

But I think I have said enough already on that.”Broadcasters in the UK haven’t been showing adverts during the breaks, but that isn’t the case everywhere. Critics have blasted FIFA’s decision to mandate hydration breaks, claiming it has altered the structure of the sport and turned a game of two halves into one with four quarters.