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I feel for Mey-hi-co. Unlucky. That diving shit is a blight on the game, truly. Someone online compared that to MMA: imagine if guys deliberately and routinely faked low blows or eye-pokes, as a way to get an advantage. Doesn’t happen cos the fighters (generally) have the integrity not to pull that shit. Anyway, hoping the US can continue their run, and Colombia have been sensational so far….
Guys regularly fail drug tests in MMA. Same thing, no? Cheating to gain an advantage.
As far as diving goes, that’s just a deplorable feature of the sport of football. It is the worst part of the sport in my opinion as someone who only watches the World Cup. This established practice of faking injury reminds me of the cartoonish exaggeration of WWF professional wrestling.
Yeah, I think every fan agrees with you. But it’s so widespread it’ll be impossible to stamp out. Here is Garry Neville (ex-England & Man U) talking about it