Im not a soccer fan either, I've tried to watch the EPL and Aleague but I just lose interest but the 'no scoring' doesnt really wash
Look at basketball for example, there is scoring a plenty in that, sometimes over 200 points in a game, but theres essentially no tension in majority of the scoring. For mine its a bit like the old saying "give them both 100 points and 1 minute to go", it feels a little like we are all just waiting for the final few moments in a basketball game, despite all the scoring going on.
With Soccer scoring is so valuable, so the tension when teams go forward or have a shot on goal is high and the euphoria of actually scoring is great. So for me, Soccer is a much better game to watch than basketball despite the obvious scoring differences
Very good post.
Scoring is rarer in soccer but a goal can be so much more devastating than in other sports.
Like in footy, team kicks a goal. Team kicks another goal. Doesn't really matter, it takes a while to build up for the goals to actually become really meaningful.
There's a lot of tension and excitement as well as technical skills in soccer and you either see it or you don't.