League matches last at least 90 minutes. But in the Spanish League it is not like that. In Spain, the average real game is 56:40. The matches in which the ball is in circulation for the most minutes are those of Madrid (58 minutes), followed by those of Barcelona (57) and the fewest are those of Cádiz (47!!!).
Is it worth paying a ticket to watch a game when the ball is not in play for more than half an hour? Or become a member of a television platform to watch players on the ground, many of whom perform theater to waste time and cause time to pass? ¿Is this an attractive product for the viewer? Is this a spectacle? Wouldn’t it be appropriate to act to prevent interest from gradually decreasing?
This tendency to waste time is accentuated in the final stretch of the matches, when there is a team that wants to tie the three points or is satisfied with the point it has due to the tie reflected on the scoreboard. Once again we return to FIFA or UEFA, which must take measures to make against this fraud, because this is a fraud on the public that has an interest in sport.
What are the most common tactics of cheating teams? A player falls to the ground and gestures as if his leg has been broken. The referee stops the game, approaches, is interested in his condition and after a reasonable time forces the player to leave the field. Then, as if by magic, the injured player gets up like a flash and runs away like there is no tomorrow. Since the field player can be substituted, the new tactic is that the one who falls to the ground injured is the goalkeeper. Since this cannot be replaced, the minutes pass painfully until a new deception.
It is evident that measures must be taken to ensure that this farce continues so that football stops being a sport of cheaters and ends up being a spectacle.. How to avoid these traps? FIFA must act in this sense and perhaps it is to remove the ‘injured’ player from the field for five minutes to leave the offender at a disadvantage. FIFA, since it is so smart, will have other solutions. And maybe better.