The golden goal was a hair-brained initiative designed to stop all games that go to extra-time resulting in penalties. It had the opposite effect. Under the short-lived golden goal rule, the first team to score during extra-time would immediately win the game. It is thought that FIFA based the idea on the ‘next goal wins’ call popular in playground football. The theory was that this would encourage teams to attack after a game had finished level in normal time. Instead, it put the fear of God into both sides, who would opt for the comparatively blameless penalty shoot-out.