I’ve been on the receiving end of an ass kicking like Spain handed CR today. The team we played was just so skilled in the triangle of passes and they would play at a slow pace. Then when the ball made it to a certain point, the strikers made a move and the ball was played perfectly.

The amount of energy you expend chasing eventually just wears you down mentally. Physically also, but mentally it’s humiliating.
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There is but it's due to the international influence
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Same in soccer. The Latin players think it’s an art, particularly the Brazilians
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If I ruled FIFA….rules/approach I would change:

1. Whistles stop the clock, and the game is over at 90 minutes. Would stop a lot of flopping and time wasting

2. If a player goes down from a sniper shot and rolls around and needs “magic spray”, etc. whistle blows, clock stops, and player must go to sideline and not allowed back in game for two minutes.

3. Flops can be reviewed post-game, and cards issued.
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Lets not give a reason to insert commercial breaks into the game by stopping the clock.
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No
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They can and occasionally do book players for diving.

Apart from this, someone who takes a heavy tackle is probably entitled a moment to recover. They are running 6 or 8 miles in a match, taking the brunt of those collisions to feet and ankles and shins, it can definitely hurt. Those who get hit hard or in a painful way get to limp off a football field and take some plays off, or rest through an opponent's possession. Basketball players sub out and come back later. Soccer players don't have any of those luxuries.
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No - for how much flopping there is, if you’ve ever played, if you get tacked clean, or worse, poorly, it can hurt. Go up for a header and bang heads together? It hurts… there’s legit reason for some of these flops but of course a ton of these guys have perfected the art so these legit pains go unnoticed.
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Easy job for the commentators when the Koreans are defending today..

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This guy should be fined and suspended and has definitely not mastered the art.


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Does it hurt maybe but common hockey players who take a slap shot to the face don’t flop like that , if you are truly injured you don’t flop , ever see a guy break his leg rolling around the ground?
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Just sickening
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How did the ref miss that foul by Uruguay? Almost led to a goal the other way.

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yep - played 30 years worth of soccer, and had multiple injuries from it.

90% of the "down on the ground writhing in pain" is BS.

I also cant fathom how anyone defends the current timekeeping. So awesome that only ONE person on the planet knows when the game is going to end.

so stupid. but, might as well perpetuate the flopping narrative....the label will continue to stick.
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sure. stop the clock!
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