> hat‘s a very American, footbally viewpoint. Few Europeans would expect or even want a „pure play“ time of 90 minutes. Except that time in play + expected sto

> hat‘s a very American, footbally viewpoint. Few Europeans would expect or even want a „pure play“ time of 90 minutes. Except that time in play + expected stoppage in their charts isn’t constant, and is only rarely over 70 minutes. The highest (78 minutes for Brazil – Costa Rica) is especially interesting in that both actual play time and expected stoppage are both unusually high