The fact is that the current rules of soccer are structured to cater to the easiest and cheapest way to run a match rather than the most fair way possible with adjustments to the officiating and/or utilizing modern technology.
I'll give you simple example. If the 4th official is keeping time, or even the referee is keeping time, why the fuck can't the scoreboard clock be linked to their watch? eh? Then when there's a card, or a (fake) injury, or other stoppage, the ref can just go beep. stop the clock while he deals with the situation. then beep. start the clock on his whistle to resume play. meanwhile the players, the spectators, the announcers, the TV viewers are all informed that yes, because of that yellow card, only 32 minutes 22 seconds has elapsed instead of 33 minutes 41 seconds.
Its fucking ridiculous that the scoreboard doesn't show the actual game time in a multi-billion dollar tournament like the World Cup. (It's also retarded for the game clock to show how much time has elapsed instead of how much time remains, but that is another issue I'll discuss another day).
But beyond not knowing how much time exactly is left, clock management is worthless in soccer because the refs tend to let a trailing team fuck around a bit to get their last chance shot in, even if the game should have really ended 30 seconds ago.
Can you imagine the refs letting an NBA game carry on another 15 seconds so the Lakers can set Kobe up for a better game tying/winning shot? rofl.