March Madness Contest World Cup Bracket Infographic

Sports infographic titled "World Cup Bracket". TOURNAMENT BRACKET archetype. Editorial sports illustration in sketchnote style with a dark stadium neon palette, glowing lines, high-contrast bracket structure, and clean tournament visualization. Show a complete World Cup knockout bracket layout from Round of 16 to Quarterfinals to Semifinals to Final, with a central championship highlight. Include generic team placeholders only, no real team, league, or sponsor logos. Add subtle football visual context with an accurately rendered soccer pitch to scale in the background and small generic player icons for visual consistency. Each bracket slot should include a label in English, a short role caption in English explaining the match stage, and a small player icon. Include clear stage headings, progression lines, match nodes, winner path arrows, date/round markers, and a compact legend panel. Keep all competition structure visually clear and balanced for a "march madness contest" style search intent, but themed for football World Cup knockout progression. No equipment anatomy elements; prioritize bracket readability and tournament flow. All text MUST be written in English (array). Every heading, label, caption, legend and metric name in the image must be in English — not English. Spell each English word correctly using English characters and diacritics. Numbers stay as digits, no real team / league logos, no watermarks No real team / league / sponsor logos. Field dimensions and rules accurate to current official rulebooks.