How the 2026 World Cup already killed the ‘group of death’
Ryan O’HanlonDec 9, 2025, 06:33 AM ET Close Ryan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.” While it was definitely used sometime before 1986, it seems like English-language journalists finally became comfortable with the phrase “group of death” in the lead-up to […]