| Two more things to file under "Things I love"
The length (or lack thereof) of the matches: 45 minutes per half, about 5 minutes of stoppage time, and a 15-20 minute halftime break. That means the match is settled in less than 2 hours. Brilliant. The average baseball game is about 3 hours long (some much longer). The average American football game is about 3 1/2 hours long. Way too long. Soccer's got it perfect. Just long enough to give you enough action, not so long that it becoms tedious to watch. And, by a similar sentiment...
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