India, July 3 -- FIFA has now reached the serious half of the world cup, the knockout stage, where matches can no longer end in a draw. In group stages if matches ended in a draw, both teams were given a point. Whereas now, extra time is given first and if they are still tied it proceeds to penalty shootouts.

Extra time and penalties in soccer are used to determine the winner, despite scores being level at the end of regulation time.

At the end of 90 minutes if both teams are still tied, they are granted extra minutes that could over 30 minutes divided into two halves of 15 minutes each. There is a short break in between the two halves and any time wasted in substitution or injury is also added at the end of the 15 minutes, just like in...