Old habits die hard, why not stop the clock at the water breaks?   Like at the end of the half, or into extra time, as in a playoff situation with the score tied?  Or, just make the halves 48 minutes each, these are not random breaks, ALL matches have them added, regardless of the temperature, and/or inclement weather, like rain, SIX minutes longer total per match, by force, "compulsory", FIFA likes that word.

FIFA is not consistent, they say Mussolini helped Italy to win the 1934 world cup, in Italy, they won the next one, in France, 1938, Germany invaded France several years later, an axis power along with Italy.  Both had spies throughout France before the Nazis invaded on May 10, 1940, my birthday.  

Both Italian AND German are of the five official languages of Switzerland, cheating, galore.  As well as French, in the last final, lost, won the world cup before, was in the final in 2006, when it was in Germany, tons of rumors Brazil threw the 1998 final, and had won the previous cup, last time it was in the USA, 1994, like "do u really need to win 3 world cups in a row"  Both Italy and Germany have won 4 men's world cups, France twice and in two other finals, world cup hosts twice.  Odd scores, from Germany and West Germany.  8 to 3, then back to 3 to 2, Germany beat Brail badly in the Maracana in Rio 7 to 1, it was 5 to 0 at the half.  U do NOT notice a pattern?

The average total stoppage time for matches at the 2026 World Cup is roughly six minutes per match (about three minutes added per half). This is a noticeable reduction compared to the 2022 tournament, achieved by strictly enforcing new time-wasting limits like countdowns on throw-ins and goal-kicks. [1, 2, 3]

Matches generally last around 96 minutes total (prior to any extra time in the knockout stages). Several new rules introduced by FIFA account for this pacin