First, a brief summary of what has been worked out so far about foul play. In the chapter “What is a penalty?” a fundamental problem was discussed. This is: An offence should actually be prohibited by the fact that the punishment imposed would have to bring disadvantages to the party committing the offence. This would…
1) A few basic thoughts It is definitely worth taking a closer look at such a large concept. Where does it come from, what did it mean in the past, how has it changed today, what can be called fair play, to what extent is the spectator interested in it, to what extent does the…
1) Introduction to the idea of Fair Play xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Attempt 2 of an introduction As soon as you hear this combination of words in connection with football, you automatically think of England, the mother country of football and also the eponym and originator of this idea. One might think of grand gestures that express purely…
1) Preliminary considerations 1 Apart from offside, the penalty decisions are the most important to support, verify and derive the basic statement. It is about increasing the attractiveness of football by increasing the number of goals, using only the existing rules. The assertion remains that the tendency of interpretation against the attackers is reflected especially…
1) Statistics Here is an example of a rule that was introduced by officials, certainly with the intention of increasing the number of goals. The main purpose of this chapter is to show that other parties – the highest ones in fact – have recognised that there is a shortcoming and that they are trying…
One of the overall key messages remains this one: Football today has become a pure fan sport. For neutral spectators, for pure followers of the game of football, so to speak, it no longer offers enough exciting, beautiful moments, thrilling scenes, great actions or gripping game progressions with, for example, changing leads. The main reason…
Now that it has been deduced where the grievances are seen and where they could come from, in addition to which responsibility towards football exists in order to maintain it in its size and worldwide dominance among the sports, one can understand in the individual sections, partly with very concrete examples, how much this affects…
Well, this headline puts out bait. And anyone who dares to read on will very soon realise that it was only a rather cheap bait on which he bit. A kind of flasher, so to speak. He will probably be ashamed of it very soon. The headline may have been jotted down after much deliberation,…
VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart Monday match from 17.2.2020Live commentary, by Jürgen SchmitzAnalysed and commented by Dirk Paulsen 2nd minute of play. VfB Stuttgart lose the ball in their own half as Bochum’s attacker Ganvoula energetically intervenes. As he is alone in the opponent’s half and the Stuttgart goalkeeper does not expect to lose the…
The smear campaign against Thierry Henry or “the problem of “self-disclosure An unprecedented smear campaign has been waged in recent days against Thierry Henry, the attacker for the French national team and FC Barcelona, who until now was considered an irreproachable sportsman and who is now to have the mantle of the impure sportsman slipped…
