The World Cup game that no one wants to win - CNN

The story spotlights the Group J match between Austria and Algeria as an awkward late-stage fixture that both teams might prefer to draw, creating perverse incentives and unusual tactical calculations. Live updates from the final group matches in J, K and L underscored how results elsewhere — notably in Group L with England’s situation — could change who benefits from a draw in the Austria–Algeria game and therefore raise its strategic importance.