But in America, any of the players can interrupt the game.
Poland moved top of the group after the game at the National Arena in Bucharest was spoiled by crowd violence that forced the Slovenian referee, Damir Skomina, to interrupt the game on two occasions.
Games often have "cut scenes," which interrupt the game with short animations that move the story forward, but it soon becomes clear that D2 has enough footage for a full-length feature film.
Vrba's indecision over his best striker and the lack of quality available was also highlighted by two blanks and the only two goals scored against Croatia after Croatia fans decided to interrupt the game.
There was a delay of a few minutes because, as Manuel said Friday, Santos did not want to interrupt the game by running to the dugout from the field.
The equivalent to hockey's peculiar brand of justice would be if those teams each sent a player from the sideline — someone hardly valued for his skill as a player, perhaps rarely used — and had them interrupt the game to fight while teammates and officials stood back and watched.
A stray drone at a major sporting event could fall and interrupt the game, or strike someone, or at a race it may even cause a major accident.
Instead, the networks covered college football games, and none interrupted the games to mention the new statement from Al Qaeda.
A rainstorm interrupted the game.
But Wright clearly thought that Reyes was on the brink of jeopardizing his health, which was why he interrupted the game to make sure he did not.
