FIFA mull World Cup changes
The organisation’s chief Sepp Blatter wanted to put an end to defence-minded teams playing to get a draw in the early games of the tournament.
“We’re considering doing away with draws in the first round and ending extra-time,” said Blatter. “If there’s no winner at the end of 90 minutes, we’d proceed to penalties.”
Another possibility would be to revive the “Golden Goal” scenario whereby if a match is drawn, the first team to score a goal would be the winner. This was used in the 1998 competition in France.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 15th, 2010.
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