[Betis70]

You’d think soccer/FIFA would get into the early 20th century and figure out how to use a stopwatch.

I’ve actually sat with a stopwatch and timed an actual WC match (in 2002). It was ~30 minutes of actual ball-in-play per half.

[Gimour09]

Part of the game that the ball is out of play.

Playing for four and a half hours would be unreasonable.