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Originally Posted by CFENT
I didn't see any whining when NZ scored their clearly offside goal... Did you? The NZ player was holding the shirt when De Rossi went down. Thats a foul. The ref should award a penalty kick. Don't kid yourself.
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I do find some humour in the perception that certain teams dive so much more than others. I find some African countries tend to play a tougher brand of football but generally diving is rampant at the World Cup. I would be willing to bet that most viewers who find that Italy simulate more than anyone else is just looking for an excuse to dislike the reigning world cup holders.
Name a top team that doesn't embellish every tap. I have watched almost every game so far this tourney and 95% of fouls are embellished. In fact a good portion of fouls aren't even fouls.
However that is the game of football. Like it or not that is just how the game is played.
One thing that does bother me about the Italians is that they do seem to whine a lot. If a call doesn't go their way they'll stand around and yell at the official instead of carrying on with the play.