10-09-2015, 03:56 PM
(10-09-2015, 03:34 PM)shaun.lawson Wrote: Football is essentially a random game decided very often by bits of luck, refereeing decisions, injuries, or the luck of the draw. Its showpiece tournament is a knock-out event from the last 16 onwards; a Cup competition. And Cups are often predicated on luck.
Yet only eight nations have won the World Cup - and between 1970 and 2006, ten tournaments, only six nations even reached the final. Not only that, but there have been no genuine surprise finalists since 1962, despite football now being more global and its competitiveness more deep than ever.
Why?
I was specifically meaning the shootout thing. How many have they been in?