[Kon-Peki]

> although you could say it is unsportsmanlike.

I don’t think anyone rational would agree that it was unsportsmanlike.

The situation was very clear, if they won by a single goal their season was over. The goal to make it 2-1 occurred in the 83rd minute and they didn’t adopt this strategy until the 87th minute. In those intervening 4 minutes they attempted to score and restore their 2-goal lead.

There are other examples of locally detrimental behavior that aims for strategic advantage, such as the intentional walk in baseball.

Or that sometimes in football/soccer a team will intentionally kick the ball out of bounds to stop play because of an injury to a player, and the other team responds afterward by throwing the ball in to the other team or kicking it out themselves.

[notahacker]

I'm not sure the fact they tried to win legitimately for a few minutes before resorting to something the opposition couldn't stop them from doing to exploit a loophole in the rules makes it sound less unsportsmanlike...

[dfxm12]

This situation wouldn't be considered unsportsmanlike because of "locally detrimental" behavior per se, but because of the angle-shooting.

Your examples are well established parts of their games. Intentional own goals are not.