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Drawing lots in this case is farcical. Football's organizing body is in a right state, it's embarrassing. No doubt it will now be about who "wants it" more and can show love ($$$$) to Hayatou and co.

I agree about it being a farce, but these are the rules, would it not be more of a farce to change them mid-tournament or to make something up on the spot? This will just have to be the impetus for change to what is obviously a flawed part of the game. Lots have even been drawn at the World Cup to decipher which team won the group, but it obvious that in 2015 that conclusion isn't satisfactory to players or supporters.

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Drawing lots in this case is farcical. Football's organizing body is in a right state, it's embarrassing. No doubt it will now be about who "wants it" more and can show love ($$$$) to Hayatou and co.

I agree about it being a farce, but these are the rules, would it not be more of a farce to change them mid-tournament or to make something up on the spot?

 

Not when your rule is to decide quarter finals based on luck

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Drawing lots in this case is farcical. Football's organizing body is in a right state, it's embarrassing. No doubt it will now be about who "wants it" more and can show love ($$$$) to Hayatou and co.

I agree about it being a farce, but these are the rules, would it not be more of a farce to change them mid-tournament or to make something up on the spot?

 

Not when your rule is to decide quarter finals based on luck

If this happened at WC 2014, we would have also drawn lots, tbf. Yesterday, it would have made sense to have a shootout because they were playing one another, but what if the order of matches was different and the two teams were in different cities? How do you find a winner without disrupting the flow of the tournament?

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Just about reaches 1994 Caribbean Cup levels of absurdity.

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados_4%E2%80%932_Grenada_%281994_Caribbean_Cup_qualification%29

 

The match started off routinely, and Barbados scored two goals, establishing the two-goal winning margin they needed. In the 83rd minute, however, the game changed when Grenada scored a goal. This late goal would take Grenada through to the finals unless Barbados could score again. Barbados attempted to score for the next few minutes, but because they were unable to, they switched to an alternate strategy, of tying up the game so that they could try to achieve the two-goal margin in extra-time. In the 87th minute they stopped attacking, and the defender Sealy and the goalkeeper Horace Stoute passed the ball between each other before intentionally scoring an own goal.

 

Now the game was at 2–2, with just three minutes of normal time left. The Grenadian players caught on to Barbados's plan, and realized that they would advance in the tournament by scoring a goal in either net. This left the match in the highly unusual position of no clear side of the field for one team versus the other, but rather one team trying to score a goal in either net, and the other team trying to defend both. For the next three minutes, Barbadian players successfully defended both sides. Still tied at 2−2, the game went on to extra-time, where the winning "Golden Goal" would count double — so Barbados only had to score once to qualify for the 1994 Caribbean Cup. Thorne scored the winner for Barbados and they advanced to the next round.[2]

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Just about reaches 1994 Caribbean Cup levels of absurdity.

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados_4%E2%80%932_Grenada_%281994_Caribbean_Cup_qualification%29

 

The match started off routinely, and Barbados scored two goals, establishing the two-goal winning margin they needed. In the 83rd minute, however, the game changed when Grenada scored a goal. This late goal would take Grenada through to the finals unless Barbados could score again. Barbados attempted to score for the next few minutes, but because they were unable to, they switched to an alternate strategy, of tying up the game so that they could try to achieve the two-goal margin in extra-time. In the 87th minute they stopped attacking, and the defender Sealy and the goalkeeper Horace Stoute passed the ball between each other before intentionally scoring an own goal.

 

Now the game was at 2–2, with just three minutes of normal time left. The Grenadian players caught on to Barbados's plan, and realized that they would advance in the tournament by scoring a goal in either net. This left the match in the highly unusual position of no clear side of the field for one team versus the other, but rather one team trying to score a goal in either net, and the other team trying to defend both. For the next three minutes, Barbadian players successfully defended both sides. Still tied at 2−2, the game went on to extra-time, where the winning "Golden Goal" would count double — so Barbados only had to score once to qualify for the 1994 Caribbean Cup. Thorne scored the winner for Barbados and they advanced to the next round.[2]

Love that story :lol:

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Just about reaches 1994 Caribbean Cup levels of absurdity.

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados_4%E2%80%932_Grenada_%281994_Caribbean_Cup_qualification%29

 

The match started off routinely, and Barbados scored two goals, establishing the two-goal winning margin they needed. In the 83rd minute, however, the game changed when Grenada scored a goal. This late goal would take Grenada through to the finals unless Barbados could score again. Barbados attempted to score for the next few minutes, but because they were unable to, they switched to an alternate strategy, of tying up the game so that they could try to achieve the two-goal margin in extra-time. In the 87th minute they stopped attacking, and the defender Sealy and the goalkeeper Horace Stoute passed the ball between each other before intentionally scoring an own goal.

 

Now the game was at 2–2, with just three minutes of normal time left. The Grenadian players caught on to Barbados's plan, and realized that they would advance in the tournament by scoring a goal in either net. This left the match in the highly unusual position of no clear side of the field for one team versus the other, but rather one team trying to score a goal in either net, and the other team trying to defend both. For the next three minutes, Barbadian players successfully defended both sides. Still tied at 2−2, the game went on to extra-time, where the winning "Golden Goal" would count double — so Barbados only had to score once to qualify for the 1994 Caribbean Cup. Thorne scored the winner for Barbados and they advanced to the next round.[2]

Love that story :lol:

 

That's an absolutely brilliant story  :lol:

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Of course this tournament has gone wild in the last few matches days after a tame start :lol: The drawing of lots situation 2-3 days ago because this is ACN, and ridiculous thing that can happen of course will. The Congo derby was very exciting second half, very pleased for Leopards to go through and Le Roy home. Hopefully they have retired the old man from African football.

 

It is common knowledge that Equatorial Guinea's president and Hayatou are close friends and their relationship becomes more and more clear with each passing day. It is not enough that this country, who was originally thrown out of qualifying for fielding ineligible players, is now hosting their 2nd ACN out of three because the original host pulled out due to "Ebola" (which is patently ridiculous in itself). Now they have referees blatantly favouring them in QF matches. The penalty was a ghost penalty, and even the free kick was a poor call. I am definitely not displeased it happened to Tunisia though, who generally are a dirty, non-sporting side that play poor football, imo. Brilliant game, though.

 

Tbh, as long as Ghana don't sneak their way to a victory, I'll be pleased. I will watch les Leopards with s supporting interest, but will not mind if CIV or Algeria win, both have earned it over a few years.

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