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[Quarter Final] Spain - Italy (pg. 8)
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| pierre_escargot |
| quote: | Originally posted by culorut
If you actually played the sport you are taught from the start to go down if challenged for the obvious reasons. Free kicks, bookings, player suspensions etc.
And again who gives if americans do not like football because it is not to their liking. |
That's crazy dude, I played the sport here in the UK between the ages of 4 - 14 (25 now) and I was never taught that. You would only go down if the player brought you down, simple. It was up to the referee to then dish out whatever punishment was necessary, and for you to get on with the remainder of the match.
Perhaps different countries' approach this aspect of the game with a different mentality and method and the last thing you'd see in this country around the time I was playing was kids my age dropping to the ground to gain an unfair advantage over the opposition.
I have been to amateur matches recently and the whole mentality surrounding this part of the game has changed to mirror that of the professional game and what you've stated above :) |
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| Zild |
| There has definitely been a change since I was young before the it seemed the whole point was to take a guy's best shot and stay standing kind of to piss him off and in a way ask 'Is that all you've got?' but things have changed. |
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| bas |
I've had Spain to win since the start. So glad they knocked the Italians out, totally useless team imo. They need a big rework and some fresh faces, those guys are old and done with...they didn't even deserve to win the world cup. Flopping twats and today was no exception.
One word: CASILLAS!! THREE awesome saves, what a ing legend. Really upset with Argones for not leaving Torres in the duration of the match, he had a ton of close goals and imo Guizan kind of blew one or two chances.
Regardless, Russia v Spain will a great game to watch. Spain's defense really stepped it up today and I'm glad for it, they were on point. Russia's attack was deadly against the Dutch though...exciting!
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Viva La Furia. Bitches. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
Portugal are the worst divers. I remember watching Man United against Benfica two years ago in the CL group stage. Or Porto against Celtic in the UEFA Cup final. Or Portugal vs Holland in the 2006 WC. Pathetic.
Italy are bad, but not the worst. |
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| noikeee |
| Waa waa waa, every tournament people here come up with the same old , cry me a river. |
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| pierre_escargot |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Portugal are the worst divers. I remember watching Man United against Benfica two years ago in the CL group stage. Or Porto against Celtic in the UEFA Cup final. Or Portugal vs Holland in the 2006 WC. Pathetic.
Italy are bad, but not the worst. |
Yeah, diving has spread like AIDS over the last 10 years. Absolutely everyone and their mother is at it now, but now that it's prevalent in the game, it's never going to be eradicated for the most part. |
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| malek |
and thats why (+ continuous chrono) soccer will never catch on in north america. |
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| jonze |
| quote: | Originally posted by malek
and thats why (+ continuous chrono) soccer will never catch on in north america. |
it seems to be pretty popular in mexico |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
I think that is what he was trying to say. Of course not just Italy does it, but I consider them to be one of the masters at theatrics, so he isn't too far off. |
Thank you, that's exactly what I was going for.
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
One word: CASILLAS!! THREE awesome saves, what a ing legend. Really upset with Argones for not leaving Torres in the duration of the match, he had a ton of close goals and imo Guizan kind of blew one or two chances.
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I was really struggling to figure out why they took Torres out as well - in my opinion he was playing the best on the Spanish side (with the exception of Casillas) in the second half. |
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| nchs09 |
| amazingly boring game.... casillas was the man of hte match. |
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| malek |
| quote: | Originally posted by jonze
it seems to be pretty popular in mexico |
Mexico is in the "other" North America :p |
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