Don't have a sister so I wouldn't know, but I'm saying that ties should be played out, maybe one full OT, and then go to sudden death, but keep playing actual soccer.
My suggestion - after the 90 minutes, ease the substitution rules. Allow the team to put any 11 of their available players on the field, even if they've already been subbed out. Play one 15 minute period, golden goal, and allow each team two subs in that period. If no goals, play another 15 minutes and again allow the team to use whatever 11 players it wants. If no goals after the first two overtime periods, take a full 15 minute break before continuing. Repeat until someone scores.
How can you justify the outcome of the game when you admit the it is a horrible way for the game to be decided. If you truly love the game, then let the game continue to its goal winning end. It seems counterintuitive to argue that this great game should be brought to an abrupt end to allow PKs rather than played to an equally dramatic golden goal. Multiple OT Stanley Cup games - now that's a thing of beauty. And pretty damn exciting.
It was officially sold out, with attendance reported as 78,000, which is at capacity. However, reports are that there were thousands more present - the only reason some of the upper deck looked empty is that they allowed the fans to move down and crowd into the lower deck and the lower upper deck. The aisles and concourses were supposedly overflowing. Although nowhere near the 199K reportedly at the 1950 World Cup in the old stadium to watch Uruguay beat their Brazilian hosts, 2-1.
You were probably looking forward to PKs because the team's knew that was how the game was to be decided and took the foot off the pedal to run out the clock. Imagine, the strategy of some teams from the outset is to get the game to PKs. That to me destroys the essence of the game, unless the essence of the game is the PKs. If that's the case, then the game is even worse than I originally thought. The game deserves to be denigrated if contrived high drama is substituted for real sports drama. There are plenty of reasonable alternatives.
I'm laughing hysterically. Did you take that right from the soccer announcer crib notes - you sound like one of those marble mouth Brit announcers who try to make watching paint dry an Olympic sport. " cracking good session", "countering with conviction" - what a friggin soccer snob. The only reason I watch on Desportes is so I can hear the guy scream Goooooooaaaallll when the unusual happens. Now that's cracking good and done with conviction.
