See, this is how conspiracy theories get started.This deep into the World Cup, every goal, every VAR review, every single touch carries possible title implications. And, by the same rationale, every touch also carries the potential for sinister conspiracy … at least in the eyes of those whose squad ends up on the wrong end of the call.Conspiracy-minded World Cup fans always have a bounty of evidence to fuel their dark suspicions, and 2026 has brought a whole new set of potential reddit threads: overturned red cards, suspiciously late calls, debatable VAR decisions. Saturday’s England-Norway match brought us new variants for Norse conspiracists including “The Cable of God.”Forty years ago, Argentina bounced England from the World Cup with Diego Maradona’s infamous “Hand of God” move — a goa