It's a Long Way to Tipperary - Round 3

[Brancaleone]

Greetings Patric, I have a question for you: if a player who has already accumulated enough victory points after a few turns to achieve a minor or major victory. significantly slows down his opponent's responses to the turn, thus causing the game to end too late, how is his victory considered? If the trailing opponent is not given the opportunity to recover VPs, to the extent possible, by the time set for the end of the round, will the outcome of the game still stand? In this case, is there no penalty for the player who played the game out of time?
Thanks and regards.