Yes, but it stops both teams holding on for dear life in fear of losing before the end. We see it in the champions league at the moment with away goals, it means one team "needs" to score to go through, whilst the other could get away with a draw... But if they don't score again themselves they risk gbeing knocked out by a single goal.
It's actually not a bad idea.
Agree, teams having a goal advantage in the second leg of a champions league tie doesn't ruin the game.
I'd sooner scrap the away goals rule to be honest.
Maybe the best team not always wins in a penalty shootout, but at least every team has the same chance. Maybe there isn't a better team. If they draw, maybe both teams played on the same level.
i was hiding under the sheet when our players were about to take their penalties..just cannot watch it.
Well you don't hand one team an advantage. It would have been earnt throughout the tournament. Anyway, I've kind of gone off my original idea. I think there's been some better ones posted.
It's only luck and lottery because England never won it.
It's not all luck. But there is a high element of luck. Take for example that one that greece missed the other night. It was a solid penalty kick that would have gone in 9 times out of 10.
A kick that requires certain amount of skill to execute. Football is mainly about goals, people want goals, excitement, that's what penalties bring. They're great.
I like it, particularly the fact that the penalty shoot-out wouldn't have the final say. The "losing" team still has time to put it right. I don't see it ever being implemented though, as it would probably be considered too awkward and disruptive to the flow of the game.
Agreed. But it's not a fair way to decide a football match IMHO.
Like when they came up with penalties?
The football match itself is a fair way to decide who progresses. Both teams have had 2 hours to do that.
No not really. I was never totally sold on them.
Hmm, Agree to a degree. But it's not really like other sports. The low scoring nature of the game means that one team can dominate another and the game can still result in a draw.
Which is just as unfair. You're far too hung up on the imagined fairness of it. It's not like it's out of their hands.
The idea is so stupid that it doesn't even worthy of any counter arguments.
You're just using poor groups as an excuse. There's no difference between playing Spain and North Korea apparently, scoring against them is equally difficult, as proven by Spain conceding 5 against Netherlands (first time they've conceded more than 2 in an official match in God knows how long).
Bayern did though. At a very crucial time.
I was talking about the national team.
Yeah I know. How many times have they been in penalties? They beat Argentina on penalties in 2006, didn't go into penalties since, have they? In 2008 they beat Portugal and Turkey before penalties, in 2010 they beat England and Argentina in regular time, in 2012 they were beaten by Italy after beating Greece also in regular time. Before 2006 they weren't in penalties in 2004 because they went out in the groups, I don't remember them in penalties in 2002 either. Also exited the European Championship at group stages in 2000. So just 1 penalty shootout in the last 15 years.
That's basically a shittier version of PK, the Long PK contest
How about changing the PK system so players take the PK's blind folded?
Still it is possible there is a weaker opponent in a group with shite defense that had been letting in lots of goals vs another group where most of the opponents are very discipline at the back.
