Are there any alternatives?
2006-06-30 07:42:35 · 25 answers · asked by rocco 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
Indeed, but it's still better than the golden goal.
You know Spain once won an European Championship with a coin toss?
For the moment, I can't really see a better way, unless we're ready for 3 or 4 hours long games.
Cheers and enjoy the beautiful game!
2006-06-30 07:46:15 · answer #1 · answered by josephyus2001 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it is certianly not just you, penalty kicks are really stupid. They have nothing to do with how well you can play soccer. They have everything to do with if you can score from twelve yards on a dead ball with no defenders, and if you have a good keeper who can save a them. And, here is my solution: play a silver goal extra time (this means it is NOT golden goal, the game keeps going after a goal, but if a team is leading at half time of the extra time, that team wins), and if still tied after that, instead of going to a penalty kick shootout, play a golden goal overtime. Keep playing until someone scores. I also think that each overtime, you should get an additional sub. So, if a game went to golden goal, you would have a total of five substitutions. If these rules were installed, you would be able to determine who the better football team was without resorting to penalty kicks or risking players health. I think it would make the games, and the tournament, better on the whole.
2006-06-30 15:01:54 · answer #2 · answered by Joga Bonito 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can tell that some people here have not actually played soccer or taken a penalty kick in a crucial situation. The penalty kick is a heart stopping experience that takes loads of concentration and the feeling of holding your whole country on your shoulders. The penalty kicks are a great way to decide a winner because it shows who can handle the pressure and who will fall like a stack of cards!
2006-06-30 14:52:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No i think penalties are good, because if its stalemate during the match the penalties can separate the winning team from the losing one. I can see what you mean but the teams just have to improve on their penalty taking to ensure that they win! (well that and a good goalkeeper would of course help!)
And yes skill is involved, If you have a crap striker what luck will you have in scoring a one on one goal?
2006-06-30 14:45:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is cheap, especially when your opponent just about killed your good goalie and forced him out. (Insurance much?)
Seriously. People say that Argentina sucked, that Germany outplayed us...the truth is, Argentina and Germany TIED 1-1. It's our replacement goalie that sucked (and Ayala, but he's a defender!). It's not like the Germans made four awesome plays that ended in goal; they just got lucky and real friendly with the referee.
Enjoy it while you can, Deutscheland. FIFA's gonna dump you for the next home team in 2010, and then you'll have to fight for it like everyone else.
2006-06-30 17:47:15 · answer #5 · answered by Flor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on people, you got to know how to loose. If they went into PK's it is not because FIFA wanted Germany to win. It is because Argentina didn't do it's job. Not alwas the team that plays best wins. Take for example the game Mexico vs. Argentina. Mexico overplayed Argentina and still Argentina won.
That's the way it goes. You just have to know that you can't always win.
2006-06-30 14:46:48 · answer #6 · answered by IO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
versus letting the game go to a tie? this is one reason soccer has not taken hold in the US.
Sudden death overtime, first team to score wins, may be an alternative. No subs, no stoppages, just play until a goal is scored.
2006-06-30 14:46:02 · answer #7 · answered by k m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They used to keep playing overtimes until one team won, but the games can go on for hours and hours that way. It's dangerous to the players as well, as they get so tired and aren't allowed any subs. It was a compromise to have OT periods and then go to PKs if still tied.
2006-06-30 14:45:51 · answer #8 · answered by PuterPrsn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The game was enoguht to show wich one has the skill if its not decided in reglamental time its a extra time and by the time that extra time has come to and end it doesnt decided whos best there has to be some kind of challenge to untie a the hard game
CHALLENGE
2006-06-30 14:52:49 · answer #9 · answered by livomantre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It IS indeed a cheap way to win but it's how FIFA needed it to be for the germans to win.
Corruption+1 = FIFA
2006-06-30 14:43:49 · answer #10 · answered by D. J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋