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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I’ve been watching a lot lately with Champions League, Euro Cup, and COPA. But man, it’s tough sometimes. The fakery and diving is so rampant, I don’t get how these guys can hold their heads up. Maybe because hockey is the opposite when it comes to stoicism and never showing signs of pain, but it just seems so contemptible.
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A lot of the tactics around embellishment has less to do with trying to draw penalties as much as it offers a water break for both teams.
When you are at the games, everyone drinks some water and stretches the coaches pull a few players to talk about strategy.
Becuase Half's are 45+ of continuous full sprinting in the hot sun with no timeouts the players like those breaks.
That said, it is also a clock burning strat, and that is annoying as hell, unless you're the ones doing it.