Math Doesn't Apply To Footcer
One of the most intriguing matchups of the World Youth Championship kicks off shortly. Spain play Honduras in the second to last match of Group C action. This pool has been interesting to say the least, mostly due to Honduras.
In the first match, Honduras got run off the pitch by Chile 7-0. The CONMEBOL crowd had a nice field day with this, some of them going as far as saying the loss proves CONCACAF doesn't deserve 3.5 World Cup spots.
Three days later, Spain crushed Chile by the same scoreline.
Now comes the fun game of everybody on footcer boards trying to predict a score. I can't believe how many people are saying 14-0. :) In footcer, algebraic rules simply don't apply.
UNWRITTEN FOOTCER RULE #1: If team b beats team a by x and team c beats team b by y, team a will not lose to team c by x+y. In fact, the result will nearly always be 1-0.
So I'm putting my money down on that unwritten rule and saying Spain 1, Honduras 0. Of course if it's wrong, I'll have to go back to the unwritten footcer rule drawing board. ;)
In the first match, Honduras got run off the pitch by Chile 7-0. The CONMEBOL crowd had a nice field day with this, some of them going as far as saying the loss proves CONCACAF doesn't deserve 3.5 World Cup spots.
Three days later, Spain crushed Chile by the same scoreline.
Now comes the fun game of everybody on footcer boards trying to predict a score. I can't believe how many people are saying 14-0. :) In footcer, algebraic rules simply don't apply.
UNWRITTEN FOOTCER RULE #1: If team b beats team a by x and team c beats team b by y, team a will not lose to team c by x+y. In fact, the result will nearly always be 1-0.
So I'm putting my money down on that unwritten rule and saying Spain 1, Honduras 0. Of course if it's wrong, I'll have to go back to the unwritten footcer rule drawing board. ;)
posted by incendiarymind at 8:03 AM
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