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Originally Posted by GioforPM
It's not the dive so much as the number of players who have their shins apparently temporarily broken.  |
Sure, move the goalposts
Has nothing to do with officiating.
Also, soccer players don't have a nice bench to sit to take the pressure of a leg for a moment, or to gather themselves. And no subsitutions for minor knocks. Hockey player gets a puck to the chest, they'll be off the ice in 30 seconds and somebody takes their place for that time. No such luxury in soccer.
Plus it's just a massive double standard. When a hockey player is seemingly in pain but continues after a while, he's "a fighter". When a soccer player does the same, he "was faking it all along".
In any case, this was why I took offsides as an example, because I know there's no reasoning with Canadians when it comes to comparing anything to hockey, especially soccer