Especially if you grow up playing full-contact soccer with deliberate tackling, chocking, clothes-lining etc. .... like I did. You tune in to these games as it just makes you laugh at how transparent they are.
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Sorry for bringing American style football, Rugby, Hockey etc. into this but my god.. just look at some of the hits those guys take and they just get right up and keep playing. Your leg touches another guys leg in soccer and you might as well bring out the stretcher. There should be rules against that sort of faking. Seriously, it damages the integrity and watchability of the sport. For once I'd like to watch a footie game from beginning to end where someone doesnt try to squeeze a card out of the ref by acting like an idiot
First of all, as I said before, from what I recall, every time a Ukrainian player fell, there was some contact. It is sometimes hard to determine how much pain a certain foul caused, especially if viewed in super slowmotion.Well, I'm not a Swedish fan, I'm a sports fan.. and when a guy is brushed up against and then rolls around on the floor with the most excruciating look on his face like his leg was just amputated - that's outside of the sport. Ukraine was doing that throughout the game.
Your leg touches another guys leg in soccer and you might as well bring out the stretcher. There should be rules against that sort of faking. Seriously, it damages the integrity and watchability of the sport. For once I'd like to watch a footie game from beginning to end where someone doesnt try to squeeze a card out of the ref by acting like an idiot .
Anyway, GG Ukraine.
From what I hear, faking injuries is common place in the NFL and is viewed as a valid tactic (don't quote me on this, as I don't really follow NFL, it's just what I've heard).Sorry for bringing American style football, Rugby, Hockey etc. into this but my god.. just look at some of the hits those guys take and they just get right up and keep playing.
Yeah, most teams dive or try to draw out the game if they are ahead. I'm just surprised REZ is singling out Ukraine, since I really didn't see them go overboard with it.They all do it. Every game so far has had some "oh I'm hurt" incident where the replays clearly show minimal contact or contact in a completely different area to where contact did occur. It's just frustrating!
I agree with everything you said, except for this part. Maybe the wording is just weird and I'm misinterpreting you, but if not, then this part is just silly.There should be stiff rules opposing the acting that goes on after contact to the effect that the guy who was injured literally has to be carted off the field and cannot return to the game for there to be a card, his injury needs to be that bad
This is not the case, not always.Cards are currently given based on the Academy Award worthiness of the display of pain the player can portray.
So as we both agree, instant replays are the key here. But sadly, the guys in charge of FIFA feel that this would somehow take something away from the "beauty of the game" and would slow it down. Silly arguments really, since those instant replays could be viewed by another party and then quickly forwarded to the head ref via his headset.
Lightsaber said:For example, lets say an attacking player is in a 1v1 situation with the goalkeeper, a defenders sprints after him, tackles him from behind, and essentially robs the other team of the goal. The foul may not be very severe, in terms of pain caused, but the situation in which it is made dictates a severe punishment.
Or another example. One team is attacking with a large amount of players, and has the ball stolen. The other team has the opportunity for a quick counter attack, so the team who had the ball stolen from them decides to do a quick foul to stop the attack, so that their defense can reorganize. Again, in this situation, the foul doesn't have to be severe, yet it often still warrants a card.