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Originally Posted by punky
In domestic matches, possibly. However we are talking about World Cup matches. Playing for long periods will always favour the home team, or teams that have been aclimatised. Skill of football aside, do you honestly think England, or any European team could play 4 hours of football in Rio against Brazil or Venezuela? Therefore, that itself is even more of a lottery, as it depends on the climate of the match would clearly boast local teams.
And anyway, even for domestic matches it won't help. Fitness doesn't very much between teams in a similar league. They will tire together, meaning most willbe unable to string passes together and with a lack of running the game will develop into a snail's pace. The strikers will get weaker, but the goalkeeper won't. All this isn't conducive to a good football match.
Also are people forgetting the serious impact this can have on a footballer's health? And can players really recooperate in 4 days after playing a 4 hour match?
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Tbh I was only talking about the final so any team that reaches the final should be pretty acclimatised, imo international tournements like the World, European (and it's equivalents) Cups are to important to have the winner decided in such a way.
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Originally Posted by gazzae
Not down to which team used its subs latest then?
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The fittest and strongest team suffer two injuries in the first half. They make two subs. The weaker team don't make any subs till the 70th minute. Who is going to be fitter in extra time?
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How is that any different to having a couple of decent penalty takers on the bench to bring on at the end of extra time, tbh I don't really have a problem with either, substituions are part of the game.