Jim Reley once suggested that, if it’s still a draw after extra time,
both teams be declared victors. The two teams should then merge, and
advance together to the next stage as a joint force, with each coach’s
alternatively selecting a player from his original team.

Adopting this solution, both Italy and Spain should advance as a
single Italo-spanish team. So, today’s semi-final would have been:
Russia vs. Spaintaly.

In case of further draw between Russia and Spaintaly, the final would
be: Germany vs. Ruspaintaly.

Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of Jim Reley’s proposal.

On Jun 26, 2:38 pm, Deputy RSS Moderator
<deputy.rss.modera...***gmail.com> wrote:
> Jim Reley once suggested that, if it’s still a draw after extra time,
> both teams be declared victors. The two teams should then merge, and
> advance together to the next stage as a joint force, with each coach’s
> alternatively selecting a player from his original team.
>
> Adopting this solution, both Italy and Spain should advance as a
> single Italo-spanish team. So, today’s semi-final would have been:
> Russia vs. Spaintaly.
>
> In case of further draw between Russia and Spaintaly, the final would
> be: Germany vs. Ruspaintaly.
>
> Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of Jim Reley’s proposal.

It's a quite logical thing.

On Jun 26, 7:53***am, Quincy <ab...***email.de> wrote:
> On Jun 26, 2:38 pm, Deputy RSS Moderator
>
> <deputy.rss.modera...***gmail.com> wrote:
> > Jim Reley once suggested that, if it’s still a draw after extra time,
> > both teams be declared victors. The two teams should then merge, and
> > advance together to the next stage as a joint force, with each coach’s
> > alternatively selecting a player from his original team.
>
> > Adopting this solution, both Italy and Spain should advance as a
> > single Italo-spanish team. So, today’s semi-final would have been:
> > Russia vs. Spaintaly.
>
> > In case of further draw between Russia and Spaintaly, the final would
> > be: Germany vs. Ruspaintaly.
>
> > Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of Jim Reley’s proposal.
>
> It's a quite logical thing.

I think you forgot the "il" prefix to logical. It makes no sense to
me, whatever. And who is Jim Reley, anyway?

As far as an alternative to PKs - I'm for replay. Of course that is
difficult in a major tournament, like Euro, but most of the reasons
against replay are commercial, and therefore, IMHO, not important.

Thanks,
Vince

In article
<3e23637c-8acd-4178-8026-1db1d003e06e***z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
Vince Hradil <hradilv***yahoo.com> wrote:

> As far as an alternative to PKs - I'm for replay. Of course that is
> difficult in a major tournament, like Euro, but most of the reasons
> against replay are commercial, and therefore, IMHO, not important.

Agreed - replays are absolutely the best solution to ties.

I'm not sure how they'd do it, though, with modern TV schedules. If they
could find a way, it'd be far and away the best choice.