So angered was the Wall Street Journal by the diving taking place in this World Cup, they undertook a study to find out which team play-act the most. The newspaper calculated that during the first 32 games of the tournament, 302 players went to ground, apparently in pain.
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These theatrics took up a total of 132 minutes of "writhing time". According to the report, there were nine genuine injuries in a total of 302, leaving 293 cases of "simulation".
The study showed one thing emphatically: the more you win, the more you flop. Teams who were winning were more than twice as likely to fake injury to waste time.
Brazil had most flops; Bosnia the least. Matthew Palmieri, another US fan in Brazil, said he felt the American team would be less likely to indulge in the dark arts because of the reaction Stateside.
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It's true though, we all condemn diving, but, do we really care or do we just get on with it?
Left it in thos forum as diving is a wider issue in the game - mods feel free to move.
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These theatrics took up a total of 132 minutes of "writhing time". According to the report, there were nine genuine injuries in a total of 302, leaving 293 cases of "simulation".
The study showed one thing emphatically: the more you win, the more you flop. Teams who were winning were more than twice as likely to fake injury to waste time.
Brazil had most flops; Bosnia the least. Matthew Palmieri, another US fan in Brazil, said he felt the American team would be less likely to indulge in the dark arts because of the reaction Stateside.
To view the link you have to Register or Login on the BBC.
It's true though, we all condemn diving, but, do we really care or do we just get on with it?
Left it in thos forum as diving is a wider issue in the game - mods feel free to move.
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