gunnar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 5:59 am
Technically it is possible. Does anybody know if in real life they would let it get this far?
As this is in reference to a game ending in a penalty shoot-out with a score of 170-169, I would say yes, it would be allowed to go that far in real life but realistically, it would likely not get that far. As billys_boots said, the highest score in England is 14 to 13. As with the penalty kick shoot-out, the first 5 guys go and then it is one man at a time after that. The chances they would get up to even 10 goals is likely rare enough, but over 100, likely not in this lifetime.
And when I think of other sports and declaring a winner, baseball games go on until there is a winner. There was even a 19 inning game not too long ago that happened here in Toronto. And a regular game ends after 9 innings. I also think of play-off hockey in the Stanley Cup play-offs. They don't use the short overtime period plus the shoot-out if needed, but with the play-offs, they do full 20 minute periods until a winner is declared, so if it takes 1, 2, or more extra periods to get a winner, they play. And with men's tennis at Wimbledon, the 5th set can go on and on. The 5th set is usually played so that the winner wins by 2 games. Whereas the first 4 sets could be something like 7-6, 6-7, 7-6, and 6-7, the 5th set has to be at least up to 6 or 7, so anything like 6-4 would win but beyond that, they would have to win by 2, so even 15-13 is possible for a 5th set score, if I recall.
So when I think of it, when it comes to the play-offs, there has to be a winner. If the score goes above 10 in a penalty shoot-out, well, it could be exciting and also boring, depending on which way your team leads, but as it goes on and on, you'll only wish it to end I guess.
Anyways, just my thoughts on this one.
will_the_canuck
