The Problem With Goal Differential

NEW
DELHI: Two Indian soccer teams who scored a combined total of 116 goals
in their final games of the season in a bid to win promotion have been
suspended, along with the two teams who let them do it.

Playing separate matches on Monday, Curtorim Gym routed Sangolda Lightning
61-1 – 60 of them in the second half – while rivals Wilfred Leisure
won 55-1 against
Dona Paula Sports Club after leading 6-0 at the break.

The two teams were vying for promotion from the second division of the regional
league in the soccer-mad southern state of Goa.

They started their final matches level on points but Curtorim Gym’s goal difference
was better than Wilfred Leisure’s by five. With team officials communicating
each goal netted by their rivals, a crazy second-half scoring spree

from The
Times of India