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Does soccer have any integrity?
As a hochey mad Canadian watching soccer (football, or whatever you call it) seriously for the first time I'm dumb struck by the ridiculous swan dives and dramatized protests the players put on virtually every 5 minutes of the game. The slightest contact and the player automatically goes down like he's been shot. They don't just go down and discreetly hide their pain. It's a whole big production complete with hideous grimaces, outrageous screaming, fists thumping the ground, and if we're lucky a few backwards summersaults thrown in for good measure. On comes the stretcher to carry the player off and then he's back on the field within 30 seconds. WTF.
What's with the guy that got head butted by Figo? It took him 3 seconds to figure out that it hurt and then he decides to go down in a heap? What a bunch of drama queens these guys are!
Do all the player have to turn to the ref in unison with arms stretched out, palms turned upwards whenever there's a questionable play? That gets old real fast. Get the fuck on with the game and let the ref decide for himself. He's not going to change his mind.
These guys could learn a thing or 2 from hockey players. Every game guys get a 90 mph puck in the leg or the foot. They can barely stand up yet they stick with it and limp through the play broken bones and all.
All that said I guess I kind of like watching the games. Could be a great game if it wasn't played by a bunch of children in men's bodies.
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