The trouble with football

I'm afraid that Fifa have got it wrong. the amount of games this world cup that had to be settled by penalty shootouts has made the results a farce. (3 in the last 7 games) Surely, if you can't settle a game by normal means of scoring, then the game rules are wrong. So, change the rules! make the goals bigger, do away with the offside rule, give minus points for fouls, but do something.

Don't get me wrong, penalty shootouts are exciting, and make good TV, but they have nothing to do with football, and they are a poor way to decide on which is the better, more worthy football team. At best, they are a lottery.

A point highlighted by the final, where France played the best football, but lost the world cup. Italy are the world champions because 5 of their guys took good penalties.