Saturday, June 19, 2010
Playing to Win or Playing Not to Lose?
It seems that soccer is one of the few sports where a game can end in a tie. I wonder if that is a good thing. I think when you play a sport you should always try to win. That is the main mission. In the World Cup, teams get a point for a tied game, which can help them pass on to the second round of play. I see the teams sometimes playing conservatively for a tied game, instead of playing more aggressively to win the game, and maybe risk losing the game. Maybe it would be a good idea to change the system and not give points for a tie, only for a win. Another idea would be that every game tied at the end of regulation time would have to go to penalty kicks to decide the winner, as they do in the championship game where one of the teams has to win. What do you think?
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A few friends of my side like basketball , because they want to see goal ,not only a few goal .My cousin told me ,she likes basketball, it's exciting untill the end minute .
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ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with you Mr Burnham, yes this soccer game sometimes teams play to win,or sometimees the match end tie. Mr Burnham this is one of tactics which it uses in some cases. the experience or equality of playing to each beating team.If we review the match between England and the USA, we see equality of slow playing of players even we were expected England wins that game which it is more experienced than the USA which means the level playing of England came down to level playing of the USA. In other hand, we also are expected a tie match between two high level teams in final.the teams fear to another and play more defensive.
ReplyDeleteSometime teams play for tie match in case they know their passing to the second round.