Current Events > 2022 CE World Cup Thread, Pt. 4 - Messi is the GOAT edition.

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Was this the best WCF match ever?

Really missing the champagne bottles rn

That France runner up team photo was hilarious and depressing lol

SHRlKE posted...

People say football is boring. This is what its about!

SHRlKE posted...

People say football is boring. This is what its about!

Only americans

Hornezz posted...

Really missing the champagne bottles rn

Prolly flying straight to Buenos Aires to get blasted on champagne and malbecs lol

Babidi123 posted...

That France runner up team photo was hilarious and depressing lol

post the pic

What a great world cup.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/0/7/AAFDc9AAEAOj.jpg

https://twitter.com/darkfire7x/status/1604538373988704258?t=EK40eov1UXMy_i83HyShIQ&s=09

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/1/0/AACpnzAAEAOm.jpg

Hornezz posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/1/0/AACpnzAAEAOm.jpg

lmao

Babidi123 posted...

That France runner up team photo was hilarious and depressing lol

pic please

https://imgur.com/a/psIdOrk

Lmao at all of this buildup being decided over penalties

Oh, Soccer.

Mbappe did all he could to carry France on his back.

ECW_Originals12 posted...

Lmao at all of this buildup being decided over penalties

Oh, Soccer.

It's just as lame as Superbowls being decided by field goals or some stupid penalty but at least it's riveting TV.

https://youtu.be/YrrW843Ralg

Vyrulisse posted...

Mbappe did all he could to carry France on his back.

It's just as lame as Superbowls being decided by field goals or some stupid penalty but at least it's riveting TV.

Its not though. A field goal is a score and while I dont know all that much about Football either but I believe the other team has a chance to match your field goal, assuming you're referring to overtime.

Messi is the GOAT, congrats to Argentina

Hornezz posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/1/0/AACpnzAAEAOm.jpg

Martinez: "shake hands"
Qatari dude: "later"

gu-gohan posted...

Messi is the GOAT, congrats to Argentina

+1... props Mbappe/France

If you don't like my idea of a 2nd game day, then tell me your idea or shut up

If you don't have a solution, you are not allowed to criticize my idea. At least I tried to find a solution unlike you

I dont think there is a better solution for soccer than penalties. You can have penalties, sudden death or keep adding on additional periods of regular game time.
Sudden death is like the dumbest thing(excluding absolute garbage like flipping a coin to determine a winner). Yes, it is ideal for the game to be determined by actually playing soccer, which is why they go to extra time first. But continuing to add more time is dangerous to the players and can fuck up scheduling if it goes on for days.

My solution is to keep it as it is.

Also lol ziken I still have you tagged covid denier for some reason

SHRlKE posted...

My solution is to keep it as it is.

Also lol ziken I still have you tagged covid denier for some reason

I'm not. I never denied covid. I've been vaccinated 3 times

I figured someone else would have a better argument against it but I immediately thought of only giving players a short rest between games would be horrible. Then getting fans in for a surprise game would be a challenge along with all the crew involved in making a game happen. And tv networks would have to move stuff around.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/9/6/AAYThEAAEAZU.jpg

Zikten posted...

If you don't like my idea of a 2nd game day, then tell me your idea or shut up

If you don't have a solution, you are not allowed to criticize my idea. At least I tried to find a solution unlike you

Your idea is an infeasible logistical nightmare. You dont need to have another idea to know this. The current solution of penalty kicks is fine. They already tried golden goals (sudden death) and it turned into teams playing too defensively and games dragging on even more. These are players who are running for hours and getting injured. No need to keep them playing for so much longer or multiple days and wear them out like that. And thats aside from making the logistics of selling tickets, securing a stadium, staff, TV time slots, work

I do think that overtime should be set time but also sudden death. As in the first to score wins but if after 30 min of overtime no one has scored then it should go to penalty kicks.

Cleo_II posted...

I do think that overtime should be set time but also sudden death. As in the first to score wins but if after 30 min of overtime no one has scored then it should go to penalty kicks.

Sudden death used to be a thing (called golden goal), but it was removed in 2006.

It often resulted in both teams being overly defensive and not willing to take any risks so the added extra time was just a boring wait for penalties.

How do you only read the 2nd paragraph of a post?

Yeah I missed that sentence, my b.

I always thought for the final they should do something extra to try and prevent it going to penalties. Like perhaps another round of OT, or perhaps make it 10 on 5 for two ten minute rounds. With each team having a chance at having the bigger amount of players. If still tied then go to penalities. I know its a longer game and players are exhausted but its only for the finals and thats why i suggest the huge disparity between offensive and defensive players.

Penalties are a necessary evil. They are awesome despite sucking at the same time. They also affect the game meta so they have their place.

I do have a soft spot for hockey-type of penalty shootouts, where the player has to dribble from a certain distance and the keeper can move from his line. It allows for more variation and gives the keeper a greater chance.

There have been some experiments in the past (and I think it used to be standard in early MLS?) but it doesn't seem like there's currently any support for implementing it.

For in game penalties, the player who got fouled or last touched the ball should be the penalty taker

They did trial golden goals where first team to score in extra time would win. I liked that idea but not many did hence why it was cancelled.

https://youtu.be/qZf2MNFTQYc

Yeah as others have said golden goal is an awesome idea on paper but it didnt lead to quality play on the pitch because teams became scared to open up due to the consequences

Obviously it doesnt matter now but i wonder if argentina will be like spain and germany where they win the finals thrn go out next cup group stage, esp with no messi