FIFA World Cup 2010

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Originally Posted by BrotherLovesDub

Should celebrations be banned too? You do realize how much time is wasted by the goal scorer running and sliding and the subsequent dogpile. That takes several minutes every time a goal is scored. Time stops during a match all the time. I'm not sure why it's ok to celebrate for 3 minutes but not review a play.

Players can actually be yellow carded for delaying the game by celebrating.

I think Winston Reid was given one after the elation of scoring with pretty much the last play of the game against Slovakia.

Which was silly - but it's in the rules.