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Originally Posted by gazzae
Then the silver goal is the better idea. Teams can attack knowing even if they make a mistake and concede they still have some time to rectify it.
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I'd go along with that, in fact I go along with anything reasonably sensible to resolve the match rather than penalties. I am not sure about Blatter's idea of reducing the numbers of players though seems to me that will cause a lot of confusion.
I have posted this idea before, it's a shame I can't remember where I heard it, basically drawn games are decided on how many times the goalkeepers touch the ball (obviously excluding goal kicks, free kicks etc), this would encourage attacking football and discourage back passes also it has the added benefit of giving the fourth referee a job, I am not sure it would be a good idea for a World Cup final but perhaps it's worth looking at, the only downside being if you have Graham Poll as fourth ref
