The Bundesliga doesn't get the concept of extra time. On paper the Bundesliga
referees get it. It's up to them to decide, how much time was wasted through substitutions, injury
delays, time wasting or excessive goal celebrations. It's OK for them to routinely add only one or
two minutes or call it quits after exactly 90 minutes.
What we want for 2012: 'Make Mario Balotelli Manchester City captain'
From modernising MOTD to Liverpool ditching their persecution complex, Guardian writers offer
their new year wishlist Richard Williams Capital cities seldom win the European Cup: Madrid,
Amsterdam and, long ago, Lisbon and Belgrade are the exceptions in the history of a tournament that
has brought no joy to Rome, Paris, Berlin or, of course, London.
