The short answer is yes, but for reasons too deep for our understanding, since His thoughts are not our thoughts.
It’s a small version of WWI, when nearly all of the belligerents were monotheistic, and all prayed to their God that their side would win. God works through whatever we hand Him, but His goals are never our goals, because we want our desires filled today, and He cares about eternity.
Violent ground acquisition games such as football is in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war.