Betting emotionally always burns harder than just not cashing out early, because at least with a missed cashout you still made a logical decision in the moment. I learned that lesson the expensive way when I threw money on an injured star player purely out of loyalty instead of checking the damn lineup first.
I get the excitement but calling every match a final kinda dilutes what makes a final special in the first place. Some group stage games still feel more like teams just trying not to mess up rather than playing with real knockout intensity.
I still remember watching Haaland score taht hat trick in 20 minutes last year and thinking yeah this England backline would be in shambles trying to contain him.