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Originally Posted by pare
Diving is part of the game.
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I think you may be alone here Pare.
Diving is cheating.
I wouldn't hesitate to red card Ronaldo for his fraudulent dive robbing Spain of it's well deserved 3 points.
This is world class cheating as perfected and practiced on a regular basis by Portugal and other some other countries, who have, in fact, cheated their way as the advanced in a tournament after tournament they should have been knocked out in. Brazil cheated as host of their games.
Perhaps they should suspend countries for this cheating like they do when steroid use enhances the performance of their athletes? Isn't it the same thing really?
Your Portugal Team does not need to dive, they are a world class team.
Ronaldo doesn't need to dive, he is one of the best players who has ever played the game.
The world, who knows nothing about your home country, is watching football, and they see people, who represent their countries act like this. What do they think about the honesty, honor and integrity of the people who live there?
That is why 95% of the football federations go out of their way to ensure their players understand that in an international tournament they need to act respectfully as representatives of their country.
The diving cheapens the game and make all of us, as fans, look like fools who continue to tolerate the cheating.