also, too: there is solid evidence that this plays a meaningful role in home field advantage, as refs give more stoppage time when the home team is losing than when they are winning
it's a great sport
Michael Caley
For anyone new to soccer: Yes. The ref pretends to record stoppages and give a semi-accurate estimate but it’s just vibes. He makes up a number. It is several minutes short of the real number. Everyone accepts this for some reason.
