Sunday, December 18, 2022

I haven’t watched any games in this Football World Cup. If England had got to the semifinals, I might have done. Having said that, I see now that Argentina have “won”. I say that as I don’t see how a tournament can be won my a handful of shots at the goal at the end of a game. How about just saying, “well done both teams. You have shown your excellence in the game. This year it is a draw.”?

Having said all of that, any tournament in any sport is just a construct made up of limitations (time, etc) and quite probably outside interests as well - tennis has its tie break rules, golf has its sudden death, etc.

I just like how a cricket game can be played for five days and the result can still be a draw. Surely the joy is in the playing, and the watching the skill of the players?