If you just open a new tab and use google that way, it seems zapper mode doesn't work there. If you navigate to google.com it does work there.
I think Chrome might lock down what's really a chrome page and not let extensions mess around.
My solution now: Switch to other search engine (Brave/DuckDuckGo)
The fifa doodle is completely annoying bullshit. So is the icon change for Google on Android.
Makes me despise FIFA even more as well as the MBAs that forced it into the products.
We need to purge these people from tech companies so we can build human centric technology again instead of money centric technology.