Ties in Soccer

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

This seems gay to me especially when the game is really important like in the Champions league or something..

Explain you bloody blokes!

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

bump

Miakal

They riot.

Or maybe that's when it's not a tie, I forget.

Tyler Durden

Everything seems gay to you Brandon. You have your gay glasses on again.

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

Are you going to explain this oversight in your sport?

Tyler Durden

There's no point. It's not like you really give a crap, you're just doing your usual "US and everything about it is better than you" thing.

K Jay

Ok I'll take this.

Draws occur in "Domestic Leauge" games and in games in "group stages" of big competetion instead of 3 points being awarded to the winning team each team gets one point. As you can see Draws are not as advantagous to teams as if they score they gain 2 points rather than if they concede they drop 1. Main championships thoughout Europe etc. reward play over the year and not just a team that is on-form and injury-free at the end of the year (as your sports do with post season).

Cup competetions (Like from the second round of the world cup onwards) are knockout based over one game and in the event of a tie go into what we call extra-time (OT). 15 mins are then played to see if there is a winner. If not an additional 15 mins are played (double OT). You will hear this referred to as silver goal (for no apparent reason).Of course soccer players cannot continue playing OTs because soccer is athletic and doesn't involve stopping to reset every 6 seconds. If scores are still tied a series of 5 penalty kicks will be taken to determine a winner. If scores are still tied penalties will be taken 1 at a time until one team scores and the other misses. (sudden death).

Champions Leauge is a little different as Games between the group stages and the final are played two-legged one home and one away (or in american a 2 game series is played with one on the road). The team to go through is decided by the tally of goals scored over the two legs. So if team A win 3-1 then lose 2-1 they will go through as 4-3 winners. In the event of a tie in the first instance goals away from home will be counted and if a team has scored more away goals they will go thru. If the away goals are tied the teams will will 2x15 minute halves and then penalties. The champions leauge final is a single match at a neutral ground and is decided on the night with the same criteria as a world cup game.

I would like to point out that soccer is a game respected world wide except in Northern America were stop start games are preferred and in asia were religous hatred is preferred. If you need to know more about "soccer" ask a schoolgirl.

I had a sig, once.

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

Thank you KJay for clearing this up.. I can't help but think you were taking some digs at our sports here in America but that's ok because you probably thought I was taking a dig at your sport..

Sorry if I continue to call the sport "soccer" but this is the way I've been taught to call it.. I can't call it football because as you know we have our own football..

And for Bulldog.. I'm not sure what you are talking about but anything I ever say that in which you think I'm trying to make America out to be "better" is only out of fun and not to be taken as me seriously trying to down your country.. I have no problems with your country at all, in fact I love England and everything that comes along with it..

My true real life enemies can be found in parts of Asia and the Middle East.

K Jay

Just as you love our yellowy green crooked teeth we just can't help ripping on your sports dude. That and your low education high obeiseity and the fact you elect Bush every 4 years regardless of which one or what he does. J/K.

I had a sig, once.

Blitzkrieg

Administrator

I didn't vote but I should have.. I would love for them to take my piece of paper and poke a hole in the Bush column and sew up the one punched through for a democratic canidate.