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I just don't like it when the "the hand of god" scores a goal in
football and people say "same chances for everyone, they could have scored a goal with their hands as well". That is not how I understand competition on the highest level. For me that is competing with each other while being subject to the same rules and abiding to those rules in the same way while being judged by a referee in the same way. That is why a league of 38 games is also different than a competition like a World Cup or the Champions League. Luck (or the lack thereof) usually evens out throughout a season. Privilege (like in the case of Real Madrid) does not. Your argument makes the case that everyone has equal chance in having their breaking the rules behavior go undetected and therefore whoever wins deserves the win, since the other team could also have scored offside goals, circumvent red cards by injuring an opponent's player "the smart way" or scoring a goal with the hand such that the referee doesn't blow the whistle. This still neglects that Real Madrid has more influence on the game and the people behind it than any other club, but still. You say "whoever breaks the rules without getting caught is doing ok because the others could have done the same". I am not that kind of guy and that is why I am a big fan of the VAR and any other measure to reduce shenanigans. Nobody wants to watch an Atletico Madrid game when they have the lead in minute 25 because everyone knows that the game afterwards has nothing to do with soccer as cramps start even in the first half then.
I see your point of view, but maybe we're being too pure. Like any other sport, football has its fair share of controversy. Although the "Hand of God" was a blatant violation of protocol, such an event does not happen frequently. Now, I agree with you that the duration of a league is the defining factor in distinguishing it from a tournament like the World Cup or the Champions League. A single referee's call can have an outsized effect in a shorter tournament.
Can you believe Roma and Sevilla had such a disastrous Europa League match? It was a classic case of a questionable referee call swinging the outcome. Even though they're terrible, accidents like that only add to the sport's inherent danger and excitement. Should we welcome this or avoid it? I think it's fair to consider this a given at this point. Because, as the saying goes, "humans are fallible."