I became an American Football fan about 5 years ago and always loved Baseball, maybe because in my school we payed it all the time.

If people in the US criticize football for lack of scoring, I want to do similar for American sports: all non-stop scoring (where's the tension?), stupid time outs that kill momentum, commercial interests above everything (most interruptions are only for commercials), sports where an offense and a defense are two separate parts of a team and rarely one can act like the other (American football specifically), sports arenas which are mostly commercial circuses, teams that move from city to city and have zero actual connection to a city and its people, etc etc etc. 

Oh don't get me started.. 

Here this will get you started............http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/ballpark/information/

And you have to thank a Soviet referee (of all people) for your only glory... 

Anyone who thinks soccer is none contact has clearly never played the game. 

It's streets ahead of baseball (which really is just an excuse to sit in the sun for a few hours drinking beer and chatting with friends (much like cricket)) or American Football where you have to watch for 3 hours with interminable adverts every 5 minutes for an actual "playing time" (the time from the snap to the play ending) of 11 minutes. 

I'm a frustrated Newcastle & England fan who watches pretty much all the EPL and major tournaments. I also watch a lot of baseball & American Football.

Checks wikipedia... 

The lineman (the truly blind one) was Soviet. 

The referee was Swiss. 

You are correct. I was partially correct 

If all three disputed goals were disallowed then the result would stand as an England win, if the controversial 5th goal was disallowed at the time then it would still have been an England win because the England fans wouldn't have invaded the pitch during the 6th goal in the 120th minute so that couldn't now be disputed. If the result had stayed at 2-2 after 120 minutes there would have been a replay so no one can even begin to guess the final result of that (penalty shootouts weren't introduced until 1978, and they don't apply in finals until later).
 

No.

Footie on the BBC has no commercials or ad-breaks - the downside is they fill the halftime interval with Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer prattling on about what you've already watched in the first half while trying to guess what may happen in the second.

"@GaryLineaker: Always reluctant to offer a political view, but Farage is a dick!" 

Hope France wins it because of Pogba and because Portugal are absolutely dire. It would be a joke that they never won anything with some amazing teams and this mediocre side does. 

Don't really want to take the role of Devil's advocate, especially when I can be accused of national bias, but dire is simply too strong of a word. While Portugal certainly hasn't dazzled anyone, the stats show that:

- Portugal has played against the most defensive teams in the tournament;

- Yet they somehow created more attacking chances than any other team;

- They had the most shots on target during the tournament, only behind Germany;

- Won most corners than any team;

- Had the highest completed passes rating just behind Germany;

- Suffered more fouls than any other team, and while it also commited the more fouls, along with Italy, it has one of the best disciplinary score, with only 7 yellow cards, since most of the fouls were honest ball disputes.

The only thing Portugal can be accused of is perhaps lack of efficiency in front of goal (one of France's strenghts) and a creative spark against closed defences. Otherwise, perhaps with the exception of the Croatia game, where both teams were equally matched, Portugal has been the superior team in every match they played so far. So it's not like they don't deserve to be in the final - they've worked for it. 

Lucky you.

Here is different

In the halftime this is the structure in Perú

3 minutes ads, just when the referee marks the end (Mostly Cerveza Cristal who has the monopoly of ads)

2 minute commentaries

3 minutes ads (Mostly Cerveza Cristal who has the monopoly of ads)

2 minutes best images of the first half

2 minutes sport news

2 minutes  ads (Mostly Cerveza Cristal who has the monopoly of ads)

Despite the fact that Cable Magico has the monopoly of the national championship and that we pay for the service.

When the National Team plays in official games, one public station has the right to transmit the game along with cable, and almost the 15 minutes are ads.