u/Familiar9709

Interested in setting up a competitive league for non contact football.

How could this be achieved and actually enforced? What would count as a foul but without killing the game?

I'm talking about the minimal modifications needed to achieve this. The aim is to remove injuries caused by fouls.

edit. not interested in walking football or things like that. Seems what I'm looking for is an only clean tackles rule and no sliding tackles

Ya que se para un 5 es difícil hacer un resumen con los highlights porque es más que nada la consistencia.

Pero igual, me parece un robo absoluto.

Y no me refiero a goles o asistencias. No hay super pases, no hay super salvadas. Fue un excelente 5 y nada más.

If you don't take into account how far your team goes and if you consider raw skill, read below.

Officially the best in 2014 and 2022 and almost all reputable sources claim also 2026.

But if you analyse how well each player performs, he was also the best in 2010 and 2018.

His technique, skills and contribution to his team had no match, and he was the expert at what is the hardest skill in football, which is dribbling and ball control in tight spaces.

For people not understanding what I mean, I'm taking about a level a player shows. Think that you have the chance to pick a player for free after a would cup for your team. I'd have picked Messi every single time.

If you disagree tell me with a hand in your heart which player you would have taken for free for your team after the world cup otherwise.

This is the truth. Matches with more goals are more fun. Everyone thinks so.

But then you get the traditionalists thinking that any rule change to achieve this is bad. I'm not talking about making the goal twice as large or silly things like that, but simple rules that would actually achieve more goals.

Around 5 goals per match would be ideal. Would also make referee decisions less controversial since they'd have less effect on the overall result. Now one penalty can simply give the win for one team.

And by the record I'm not American.

edit. As you can see in the responses here I'm right. All the purists come in and are afraid of the slightest changes. I'm taking about 5 goals per match, not 200 like there are in basketball. It'd still be a very rare event that you'll celebrate.

And in case people didn't understand, 5 goals means eg a 3-2 match. The best matches in the world cup were those. Argentina Cabo Verde, Argentina Egypt, Argentina France 2022 (3-3), Mexico England, etc.

Some 0-0 matches are fun but those are the very rare exceptions.

Before VAR there were very clear and serious mistakes, such as:

- goal not given to England vs Germany 2010 (I know it's not technically VAR but it's still technology helping refs)

- infamous "hand of god"

- clear offsides but still goal

- no offside but goal disallowed

- clear red cards with players hitting others but refs didn't see

In contrast, 2026 world cup had no serious mistakes. Subjective borderline cases? Of course. It's impossible not to have those, people will always debate and it's very hard to judge some actions in football, even in replays, etc, there's always ambiguity.

VAR kills a bit of the excitement, e.g. when it's a goal they are checking offside? Of course. It should be as quick as possible. But I rather wait for a correct decision than getting the wrong one instantly.

This said I think there should still be changes. Teams should be allowed challenges, VAR should revise all cards while game runs since it doesn't delay things and offside rule needs an update to stop silly millimetric offsides, eg Wenger's rule.

Before VAR there were very clear and serious mistakes, such as:

• goal not given to England vs Germany 2010 (I know it's not technically VAR but it's still technology helping refs)
• infamous "hand of god"
• clear offsides but still goal
• no offside but goal disallowed
• clear red cards with players hitting others but refs didn't see

In contrast, 2026 world cup had no serious mistakes. Subjective borderline cases? Of course. It's impossible not to have those, people will always debate and it's very hard to judge some actions in football, even in replays, etc, there's always ambiguity.

VAR kills a bit of the excitement, e.g. when it's a goal they are checking offside? Of course. It should be as quick as possible. But I rather wait for a correct decision than getting the wrong one instantly.

This said I think there should still be changes. Teams should be allowed challenges, VAR should revise all cards while game runs since it doesn't delay things and offside rule needs an update to stop silly millimetric offsides, eg Wenger's rule.

What are your thoughts?

Pa, todavía no puedo creer que te hayas ido. No caigo, o mejor dicho, no quiero caer. Se me hace muy difícil imaginarme que ya no te voy a ver más, que no vamos a hablar más. Sé que estabas sufriendo y que es lo mejor, pero te fuiste muy pronto. Todavía nos quedaba mucho por disfrutar juntos.

Tanto me pedías que juegue el último Mundial y días antes de empezar fue cuando peor te pusiste. Era la primera vez que no ibas a estar en un torneo, pero mamá me decía que iba a estar mejor y que ibas a estar bien para poder viajar. Yo te decía que íbamos a llegar a la final, así podías viajar.

Cada vez que terminaba un partido, esperaba y extrañaba tu mensaje. Ahí me di cuenta de que la situación era fea de verdad. Así y todo, no dejaba de pensar en llegar lo más posible, para darte tiempo y que vieras un partido. Llegamos a la final y no pudiste estar. Quería ganarla para llevártela y mostrarte una nueva. No pude, las piernas no me daban más. Esta vez intenté ir contra mi físico, pero no pude. Nunca pude sentirme bien.”

Cuando llegué, creías que habíamos perdido la final por penales. No pudimos hablar de nada de todo lo que pasó. No pudiste disfrutar nada. No fuimos campeones, pero no sabes cómo disfrutamos cada partido. Una vez más, tenías razón: tenía que estar y jugarlo.

Te cuento esto porque fue lo único que no pudimos hablar, porque todo lo demás ya lo sabes. Hablamos todos los días y nos veíamos cuando se podía por mis compromisos.

No sé qué voy a hacer sin vos, no sé cómo seguir. Yo solo jugaba al fútbol y ahora tengo bastantes dudas de que vaya a seguir haciéndolo por mucho tiempo más. Estuviste al lado mio desde el principio, faltaba tan poquito para el final. ¿Por qué no aguantaste ese poquito más y terminábamos juntos?

Sé que tu felicidad era ver bien a tu familia, a tu mujer, a tus hijos y, sobre todo, sin que se enteren los otros, verme jugar a mí.

Desde chiquito siempre fue así. Me llevabas a todos los entrenamientos apenas llegabas de trabajar. A muchos me llevaba mamá porque vos estabas trabajando.

Obviamente, a los partidos no faltabas a uno. Cómo sufrías viéndome y cómo disfrutabas, aunque nunca me regalabas muchos elogios.

Fuiste papá, amigo y representante. Siempre eras la persona que tenías que ser en cada momento y nunca te equivocaste en nada. Más allá de algunos reproches o peleas, siempre tenías razón. Al final se terminaba dando como vos decías.

Te voy a extrañar mucho, pero siempre vas a estar presente, y sobre todo en la educación de mis hijos, porque les enseño y los educo como ustedes lo hicieron conmigo. Descansa en paz y cuidanos desde arriba como lo hacías acá. Gracias por todo.

Te amo, pa.

I see loads of posts here posting what you're supposed to post. Spicy takes. Everyone just down voting and criticizing the posts.

So why are you even here? You should be in ultra conservative football takes instead.

This is the sub description: "The home of football’s most controversial opinions."

Now the risk reward is not great. Sure, you can score, but you can also just send it slightly off the goal and then you lose possession in a dangerous area and it's simply a goal kick for the other team.

There needs to be a rule change so that the risk is lower.

What options would be possible?

Suggestions:

- keeper cannot hold the ball, just deflect it (ie like volleyball) or alternatively if they hold the ball then that counts to decide draws

- if ball goes out near the goal it's a corner

- if ball goes out in penalty area by a defender then it's a short corner

- 2 or 3 points for a goal shot from far

- shots on target can be used to decide draws

The goalkeeper is constant, e.g. take Neuer or whatever GOAT level gaolkeeper.

What theoretical team would be best if you could clone the same player and have 10x of the same + goalkeeper.

E.g. 10 Messis + goalkeeper, or 10 Maradonas, etc.

Messi usually doesn't defend so it's probably not great but then teammates say he's very good at defending in training so maybe he is? I also think every time the Messi team has the ball it'd be a goal, hard to beat that too.

A team with a good number 5 would be good too, let's say Busquets, would be good at defending but then not sure about actually scoring, so if they lose the ball against Messi then again it's probably another goal.

Any historical player in case it wasn't clear. And of course at the peak of each player.

The goalkeeper is constant, e.g. take Neuer or whatever GOAT level gaolkeeper.

What theoretical team would be best if you could clone the same player and have 10x of the same + goalkeeper.

E.g. 10 Messis + goalkeeper, or 10 Maradonas, etc.

As much as I love Messi I don't think that team would be great since he doesn't defend much. Probably a team with a good midfielder which can both attack and defend would be best. Maybe Maradona? Or maybe a more defensive midfielder?

Any historical player in case it wasn't clear

Please put one suggestion per comment so that it helps the discussion and the voting.

Things that can improve the flow of the game, the spectacle, improving VAR, making it more "fair", etc.

Things I'd change:

- play stop clock

- give challenges to teams for VAR since someone's VAR doesn't act on an important event

- Wenger's rule for offside to remove those silly millimetric offsides(*)

- cannot pass with your head or any part of your body to goal keeper

(*) Mathematically it's the same but not considering the spirit of the offside rule. The offside rule was to avoid an advantage, not too be outside by 1mm. With the wenger then if you're outside then obviously now you do have a clear advantage

This would be more "fair" and would make matches more exciting.

Unfortunately there's no perfect way to decide a draw in football, so you need to go to penalties. Alternatives would be too complicated or too long.

But with that in mind, it would be much better if the penalty shootouts were played before extra time, winning them were worth 0.5 goals, and then extra time is played.

I.e., if score was 0-0 at 90min, it'd be 0.5-0 after the penalties, with the team who scored more penalties ahead.

This would have a couple of advantages:

• would give the losing team the chance to revert the situation

• would make extra time a lot more exciting since there's no draw possible anyway. The team who lost the penalties would be forced to score but if they do, then the situation is reversed

• would stop teams speculating in extra time to go to penalties, since obviously those would be over already

• a match would finish with teams actually playing football and not with a penalty shootout

• it would be very easy to implement and would even work as some rest for teams before extra time

• swapping players just for penalties would be a lot less advantageous since they still need to play the whole of extra time

It's usually not their typical positions or roles but who do you think is better as a playmaker?

Out of the semi finalists, these are the best matches from the world cup. What are your favourites?

Apart from the England France exhibition match it follows similar trends to most analyses I've seen.

Me sorprende que se sigan construyendo countries. Esto es una burbuja que va a explotar? O realmente hay tanta demanda?

Recién mirando zonas vi que construyeron un country en la zona canning pero donde no llega el asfalto. O sea si llueve ya tenes medio bardo. Me imagino que esperarán que asfalten pronto. A lo que voy es, no se están pasando con esto? Va a terminar todo explotando? O realmente la semana es tan alta?

Si quieren fijense el mapa del amba satelital. Se ve muy fácil que ya hay countries por todos lados.

Fíjense los precios de las expensas solamente, alrededor de 1 millón. Eso te limita mucho el pool de posibles compradores. Y sumale que para la mayoría de la gente es una segunda casa, así que más gastos.

There should be a larger penalty area but if you get fouled there is a long penalty, taken from the traditional penalty area edge. This new area will be dotted lines and the keeper cannot use hands there.

This will reward attacking teams since even holding the ball in that area will be very dangerous. A free kick close to the area is usually even worse than far so not that useful.

And if not why? What is it that you're trying to stop or what advantage are you actually gaining?

To clarify. Attacker is ahead of defenders when pass is made. However, defenders run backwards and by the time the ball is received attacker is not ahead of defenders anymore. So why consider that offside? I fail to see what advantage you're gaining.

This would help with those borderline cases in VAR.

Please note that if your were onside at the time of passing you cannot be made offside.

Thanks for the comments. I've realised this is a great idea since defenders would now need to basically decide themselves if it's offside or not. if they are not sure they'll have to chase attackers so may bring them onside and so game would have more flow and more goal scoring opportunities. Similar to volleyball when if you think it's out you need to leave it but risk being in, so more flow.

Would remove loads of millimetric offsides since get likely defenders would play on in those.