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Extra time is added due to stoppage that can occur in soccer for the following reasons:

  • Restarts
  • Injuries
  • Fights
  • Pitch Invasions.
These breaks are traditionally called stoppages, and they result in extra time added. This stoppage time is added so that 90 minutes will actually have been played.
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extra playing time added on to compensate for time spent attending to injured players during the match, thus injury time

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