Can someone explain the concept of "injury time" in soccer to me?

[SBleeder]

The ref just gets to add time to the end of the game... just because he can?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

There are stoppages in the game for injuries, substitutions etc.

Ref adds it on at the end.

[New England]

they don't stop the clock in soccer. they add time to the end of the half to make up for time lost due to stoppages in play.

[New England]

There are stoppages in the game for injuries, substitutions etc.

Ref adds it on at the end.

doesn't even know his own game well enough to explain it to a yank.


they don't stop the clock for stoppages in play. telling the TS this is the important part.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

doesn't even know his own game well enough to explain it to a yank.


they don't stop the clock for stoppages in play. telling the TS this is the important part.

I didn't even know you stop the clock in your sports.

That's how much I care.

[jas]

An american arguing about football with an englishman, the american looks stupid

[MrTambourineMan]

The Clue is in the title. Simple stuff.

[SBleeder]

Why not just, oh, I don't know... STOP THE CLOCK for injuries and substitutions?

[squealpiggy]

As above the clock continues during the game and the referee will add time to the end of each half calculated by taking into account injury stoppages, fouls, red cards and whether or not Alex Ferguson's team needs a goal.

[ßringer]

The extra time...do they get at the end of the game for flopping around like girls pretending they're hurt when nobody even touched them in the first place?