Fifaguy360 said:
Even when it gets to the sudden death stage, it's not individual because all that has transpired before has culminated to that point. The progression is as a team effort. There was a pompous sports analyst on 1050am here in Canada who was arguing about penalties being individual. His arrogance got me so enraged I wanted to call in and tell the fucker off. |
By this "argument", Manchester City and Sunderland were a team in the 2011-2012 premier league, because Sunderland's draw bailed Manchester City out, allowing them to win the league. Just because someone else's action benefits you does not make you a team with that person. The fact remains that the team play aspect is gone once a penalty shootout commences.
I don't understand people defending the penalty shootout and wanting it in league matches even. You have a much higher chance of winning on penalties against a better team than in open play. This will only make parking the bus, hoping to end regulation level a more common tactic.
Extra time should also not be removed. You want to remove luck as much as possible from the equation, and that's done by letting teams play until a goal is scored. In practice, the game must be stopped at some point, as fatigue starts to grind the game to a halt. So the only question is: how long should extra time be? I personally think half an hour is a good amount. Changing to other termination rules (golden goal, etc.) is another argument. I personally prefer the current system.
