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People have been doing that in football in Europe forever. I remember a number of old world cup games completely ruined by people running the clock.
by baby 4y ago
People have been doing that in football in Europe forever. I remember a number of old world cup games completely ruined by people running the clock.
- eckesicle 4y agoIn the Euro 2004, Denmark and Sweden would both go on to qualify at Italy's expense if the result of the game was 2-2. Of course, the score ended up being just that towards the end of the game, and then the players on both teams just stood still and passed the ball between themselves running down the last 8 minutes or so of the clock. https://youtu.be/9kgJNL_uuHI https://youtu.be/9kgJNL_uuHI
- pfortuny 4y agoThis was much worse (I saw it on TV), and the reason why the last two matches in the qualifiers are played at the same time: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disgrace_of_Gijón https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disgrace_of_Gijón
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoI was going to say, if you're not at risk of getting tackled and you're ahead it makes sense to stall. I do believe in football (soccer for americans) a referee will intervene if players are obviously stalling (e.g. by not playing, or the goalkeeper just holding onto the ball) but they can just go back and forth for a bit. Probably also happens in boxing and other time related sports.