I’ve had this idea for awhile, and it actually makes sense. After 15 miutes(or so) of standard overtime play, if still tied, each team must remove 1 player from the field. Every 5 minutes, remove 1 more player. Trust me, with less people out there, someone will score. As an added twist, maybe the opposing coach chooses which player the other team takes out every other player,(obviously not the goalie though). This would have to be limited to probably a minimum of 6 players per side, plus goalie, but hell, at least you’re still playing soccer.What do the teeming millions think?
Few people, on their deathbed, look back at their life and say,“I wish I’d slept more and taken less chances”.
I don’t understand this great adversion to a tie. A tie generally means that both teams played equally well. Why not let it go at that. I wanna watch “That Darn Cat”
You should know that I’m not the worlds biggest sports fan. Maybe that explains my ennui.
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It’s a horrible idea.
It’s extra time 2x15min, after that penalty shootout.
Thats where the strategy kicks in. Does the manager order full strike and exhaust the player or does he want to conserve their strength for the shootout? Does he substitute defensive players for attacking ones or vice verca? etc.
This is the charm of the game. Just one interval, 90 minutes of pure enjoyment. Just one refree who rules, no fucking TV cameras to see if it was a foul or not.
And one other ting: Soccer is actually FOOTBALL. What Americans call football is just American rugby.
Hey, Mangeorge, somebody’s got to win the World Cup Final or two billion people are going to be really pissed off.
My suggestion is that after the regulation 90 minutes, they play sudden-death 15-minute quarters with one substitution allowed per quarter and 18 men allowed on the squad. Then they play until somebody scores. If this means that the team in best physical condition wins (an idea that soccer purists hate), so be it. Soccer’s a physical sport, right? What I hate to see is a final decided on penalties, which is like deciding a golf final on five putts from the same spot and whoever makes more wins.
It’s like deciding a tied Game 7 of the World Series with a Home Run Derby or a tied NCAA basketball final with a free throw shooting contest!
You take one portion of the game and make it the deciding factor. That blows…
You play until someone scores. Period. In football, you play overtimes until someone scores first. Same in basketball and hockey. In baseball, you even give the home team a chance for last licks if the visitors score first (in the top half of an inning).
I tried to get into the men’s World Cup the time before last, even watching the entire final, but when it went into a shootout, I was pissed. It’s a cop-out way to end a dramatic game - even more so when you consider that it’s all LUCK as to whether the goalie guesses right… You want the championship of the world and 120 minutes of dead-even play to be decided by luck alone? I should hope not…
[[It’s a horrible idea.
It’s extra time 2x15min, after that penalty shootout.]] Hoe
Sorry, it may be necessary as a practical matter (since there is so little scoring in soccer), but it is a ridiculous way to decide a championship (or any important game).
[[Thats where the strategy kicks in. Does the manager order full strike and exhaust the player or does he want to conserve their strength for the shootout? Does he substitute defensive players for attacking ones or vice verca? etc. ]]
How much energy do you need for a single penalty kick?
[[This is the charm of the game. Just one interval, 90 minutes of pure enjoyment. Just one refree who rules, no fucking TV cameras to see if it was a foul or not. ]]
Hey, enjoy yourself, but it sure looks to me like 90 minutes and usually 0-0 or 1-0.
[[And one other ting: Soccer is actually FOOTBALL. What Americans call football is just American rugby. ]]
If you are an American, football is football and soccer is soccer. What some Europeans call it is of little concern, nor should it really be.
[[Football is more important than life. ]]
Yeah, but soccer is kinda boring to watch.
