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It's easy: when one of "your" guys dive, it's a smart play and part of the sport and just a bit of the old mind gamesAs someone that doesn't watch soccer much. To me I get the impression that diving is part of the game and trying to deceive is like another aspect/skill to the meta-game.
When players dive the announcers don't even really comment on it. They should be disapproving or mocking it everytime it happens but it's just accepted as part of the game.
It's something you have to do, yeah. Otherwise, you basically give advantages to the other team. There's a thing of being *too* sincere. For example, getting fouled on in the penalty area and staying up. The ref won't blow for penalty despite the fact that a foul actually happened. So, you HAVE to go down.As someone that doesn't watch soccer much. To me I get the impression that diving is part of the game and trying to deceive is like another aspect/skill to the meta-game.
When players dive the announcers don't even really comment on it. They should be disapproving or mocking it everytime it happens but it's just accepted as part of the game.
Yeps. I saw the images. As you say - as expected.Moroccans were "celebrating" in The Netherlands and Belgium.
As expected.
It's bad reffing that allows this. I posted it above a page ago that faking/diving is suppose to be a penalty which can lead to a yellow card. But for everyone out there who ha watched a soccer match, how many times have you ever seen a ref hand out a yellow card (or even a free kick to the other team) for a guy faking an injury? For most of you probably never. Ive seen it once in my life.It's something you have to do, yeah. Otherwise, you basically give advantages to the other team. There's a thing of being *too* sincere. For example, getting fouled on in the penalty area and staying up. The ref won't blow for penalty despite the fact that a foul actually happened. So, you HAVE to go down.
Now of course, the frustrating part comes in with bad referring. For example when it leads to a really bad call or when the time wasting gets out of hand. But that's another story.
Complaints about that are legitimate, but its no different than shit calls / referees in other sports.
It's bad reffing that allows this. I posted it above a page ago that faking/diving is suppose to be a penalty which can lead to a yellow card. But for everyone out there who ha watched a soccer match, how many times have you ever seen a ref hand out a yellow card (or even a free kick to the other team) for a guy faking an injury? For most of you probably never. Ive seen it once in my life.
If refs dont want to give out penalties for players being hacked and chopped but can stay on their feet, again bad reffing.
In hockey, 2:00 minutes penalties are given out all the time where the player is still standing. A player doesn't have to crumble to the ground to draw one. Even for breakaway penalty shots, a ref can grant one if the player simply has his wrists/hands chopped at. He doesn't have to fall to the ice.
If soccer refs were more strict, you'd have less people faking a call. But it's part of the game where it seems refs, players, coaches and fans just tolerate it as one part silly and one part time wasting.
I haven't been keeping close tabs on Brazil, but if they're reliant on Neymar then they're doomed from the start, that guy's been wasting away in Ligue 1 for the last five years.Brazil is missing so much takes wtf.
This is chance of Brazil say 'we don't need Neymar', but here we are.
Brazil looking pale today, come on guys
This game would definitely benefit from a little some of this:I hope our boy Antony has something to add.
Brazil finally.
That dude is a psychopath on the pitchPepe still playing lol
It's something you have to do, yeah. Otherwise, you basically give advantages to the other team. There's a thing of being *too* sincere. For example, getting fouled on in the penalty area and staying up. The ref won't blow for penalty despite the fact that a foul actually happened. So, you HAVE to go down.
Now of course, the frustrating part comes in with bad referring. For example when it leads to a really bad call or when the time wasting gets out of hand. But that's another story.
Complaints about that are legitimate, but its no different than shit calls / referees in other sports.
Diving is a part of the game, just like 'Howzat' calls in cricket or in football the fumble pile or a player putting the ball as far foward as possible after being tackled.As someone that doesn't watch soccer much. To me I get the impression that diving is part of the game and trying to deceive is like another aspect/skill to the meta-game.
When players dive the announcers don't even really comment on it. They should be disapproving or mocking it everytime it happens but it's just accepted as part of the game.
Forgot he was even there to be honest.Has Suarez bitten anyone?
What I heard, and this is probably wrong but I've never bothered to look it up because some of life's mysteries should remain unknown, is that at the time in the US all of the most popular highly-mobile sports involved horses - like polo, horse racing, dressage, etc. This sport was the first that involved the players running about on foot.
Baseball did come first, but it was named baseball because it primarily involved the "capture" of bases.