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Originally Posted by punky
4 weeks of aclimatisation cannot compete with 30 years.
Although it isn't such an issue in European matches (although it was commented on in Germany), my other points still stand for local matches.
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.
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I don't really care about domestic football with regard to this tbh, if the leagues and UAFA want to come up with something then fair play to them for trying to be innovative, for a start I am not sure how they could implement it, for instance if Liverpool had reached the European Cup final this year they would have played the FA cup final three or four days before and that could have gone on for quite a while.
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Originally Posted by gazzae
Why only the final? If its the fairest way to settle games then why not at every stage?
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Because the World Cup winner is not decided at the second round stage, I am sure people will come up with all sorts of nonsense about the potential winner going out on penalties earlier in the competition but at the end of the day there is only one World Cup final and it should not be decided in this fashion, this is what we hold up as being best about the sport, what inspires youngsters to play the game and imo we devalue it by deciding it on penalties.