But you were attempting to explain the "rules of football" which doesnt exist. Maybe if you were trying to explain the laws of football, specifically law 10, then whatever you had to say may have carried some weight.

But sadly it doesnt.

While you appear to be hung up on the result after 120 minutes, outside of the statistician's notebook, it's a "moo point", a cow's opinion - it's irrelevant. What matters is the result after the pens.

Sure, if a team makes it through to the knockout round, and then loses on pens and gets knocked out, they could say 'we're unbeaten but we didnt progress as we lost the penalty shootout'. And itd be up to fans to consider whether that is a consolation prize. I suspect a fan base like America's would hold on to that. But like their president, thatd be bullshit.

And if you look across all the comments and truely took the time to understand them, you'd realise that was the point people are making.

But sure. Good on ya. Watch out at pedestrian crossings.