Overseas games: Will World Cup success force Fifa’s hand over divisive issue? The biggest ever men’s World Cup smashed attendance records, with 6.8m people attending games at the first 48-team edition of the tournament. LaLiga and Italy’s Serie A both scheduled overseas games last season, in the US and Australia respectively. LaLiga and Serie A are considered most eager to take games overseas, with France’s Ligue 1 perhaps next in line, insiders say. They’ll find a clause,” says Dale, when asked if the door to overseas games could be closed again.