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World Cup 2006: The best divers, feigning injury, actors and cheaters
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This thread is for all those players who end up looking very stupid by:
Despite FIFA warning players about cheating and the many, many cameras around all of the stadiums, you just know some very players are going to try it on. :mad:
Use this thread to name and shame all those diving, cheating players. Give your marks (out of 6, or 10 if you prefer) for the best dive, bit of acting, etc. you see.
The villain of World Cup 2002 was Brazilian player Rivaldo. He fooled the referee by clutching his face after Turkish player Unsal kicked the ball at his leg while he was waiting to take a corner. He fell to the ground in a heap and got the Turk sent off.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/brazil_v_turkey/newsid_2023000/2023985.stm
Should our players play act too or is it best left to the foreign teams?
- Diving (go down like a ton of bricks in the penalty area when they haven't even been touched. This category also includes diving followed up with multiple rolls)
- Feigning injury (they are suddenly able to walk again when they don't get the decision they'd hoped for)
- Actoring (clutching their faces so as to make it look they got elbowed, etc)
- Cheating (any or all of the above really)
Despite FIFA warning players about cheating and the many, many cameras around all of the stadiums, you just know some very players are going to try it on. :mad:
Use this thread to name and shame all those diving, cheating players. Give your marks (out of 6, or 10 if you prefer) for the best dive, bit of acting, etc. you see.
The villain of World Cup 2002 was Brazilian player Rivaldo. He fooled the referee by clutching his face after Turkish player Unsal kicked the ball at his leg while he was waiting to take a corner. He fell to the ground in a heap and got the Turk sent off.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/brazil_v_turkey/newsid_2023000/2023985.stm
Should our players play act too or is it best left to the foreign teams?
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Is Rivaldo playing for Brazil this year?
Sweden's Ibrahimovic elbowed a Trinidad & Tobago player in the face! (I think it was Edwards).
All of the bloody swedish team by the looks of it...... Gomez for paraguay and some other dude.
Johnny foreigner of course, no English player would ever do those things :rolleyes:
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http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showpost.php?p=8866138&postcount=64
Special mention Arjen Robben (Holland and Chelsea).
Best actors: Italy
Pirlo (Tripal Salco followed by a roll)
Players mentioned so far in this thread: Didier Drogba, Joe Cole, Arjen Robben and now Michael Ballack. Which club team do (or will) they all play for next season...? :rolleyes:
Spot on with that observation. Plus all of the germans.
Sir Alex's words seem to have washed over Ronaldo's head somewhat!
When Peter Crouch jumped to head the ball for England's first goal, he yanked the dreadlocks of the Trindad & Tobago player who was jumping up with him! :eek: Naughty!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4853182.stm
There were two dives by Thierry Henry in the France vs South Korea game a few days ago.
Quite ironic that, certinally from someone who believes that he himself doesn't dive as he isn't a 'woman'
What can I say? It looks like both teams looked at the title of this thread and said, "We're gonna do all of that!". 16 yellow cards, of which 4 were second yellows resulting in the red card being shown and the player(s) having to leave the field.
Best diver: Robben. There were many others guilty though.
Best cheater: Figo. He lightly headbutted Dutch player Van Bommel behind the back of the referee. Van Bommel took a few seconds to feel the impact and fall to the fall ground 'in pain'.
This was perhaps the one of the worst World Cup games for diving, cheating and acting. I did wonder a few times if I was watching the World Cup, an Olympic Diving competition or the Oscars!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991538.stm
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=407541
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=407693
Good for England though, because Portugal don't seem to have many players left!! Some of the players' diving routines were becoming quite comical by the end of it.
Ecuador also seemed to spend a lot of time writhing and agonising on the floor for no apparent reason either.
he did the same thing during France's last game when henry scored.. he pretended to be injured but as henry scored he got up.. he also got violently hurt when a hand went near his face
last night in the Figo Van Bommel head butt thing there was no way at all that Figo could have hurt him or made him fall over
Figo did the same thing when he got that bloke sent off
all the players will do it but at least FIFA have stopped them doing it whilst wearing jewelery which i'm sure is something all the fans are glad about
I nearly forgot to mention England goalkeeper Paul Robinson. He got 'injured' late in the game and the England players used the delay to the game to drink water. Clever tactics!