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Originally Posted by thehef
The shootout is definitely exciting, but IMO it's a terrible way to decide a game after players have gone 120+ minutes actually playing soccer. Shootouts are mostly luck. I mean, goalies and the shooters are definitely skilled, but it's merely a guessing game, combined with both the shooter and goalie hoping they don't screw up. But it's not really soccer.
My solution? I'm sure I'll skewered for this, but I'd like to see the following, using Italy/England as the example:
a) 30 minutes of OT, as per current rules
b) Italy gets five minutes to play with an 11-on-7 advantage
c) England gets five minutes to play with an 11-on-7 advantage
d) Italy gets another five minutes to play with an 11-on-7 advantage
e) England gets another five minutes to play with an 11-on-7 advantage
f) If still tied, each team gets 1 five-minute segment to play with an 11-on-5 advantage
g) If still tied, go to a shootout that is - rather than PK's - 3 offensive players vs 2 defenders and the goalkeeper...
Or maybe just skip b thru f, and go straight from a to go. Regardless, at least the game would be decided by actual soccer, rather the luck of a guessing game, where the only activity (PK's) is something that is a very small part - if one at all - of an actual game.
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I have heard suggestion of playing 10 on 10 in added time, lower numbers tends to lead to higher scores being the logic. Don't think I could get behind your idea, which sounds like the NCAA football overtime rules. I also think it could be problematic for 4 players to sit out for 5+ minutes then go back in. That is just asking for injuries.