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Christiano Ronaldo, are you kidding me?

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Crack.
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Don't know if I spelled his name right but at this point I don't care. Is anybody watching the Ivory Coast game? This guy has to be the biggest pussy faker ever. He basically tripped over himself with the ball and fell over and somehow got a free kick. And he's pretty much been doing it all game. Its even worse that the referees are sucking his dick. He's such a shameful player. Fuck portugal, fuck ronaldo, fuck the refs, let's go ivory coast.
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.AR6rider.
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I would say 90% of the time anyone goes down in soccer, they're faking it.  Although I do agree that the refs go for it a lot more often with the big players.

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TheStudioCC
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I hear ya but keep in mind this is the world cup not a pickup game.
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lineskier10
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old news
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Bob_Loblaw
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Did you see the Ivory Coast player who fell down holding his head when the other dude barely kicked his arm? It's so common in soccer. It's pretty obnoxious.
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Bar_Down
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apcaipse
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Cote d'ivoire better win. Brazil will demolish them.

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Elg
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ALOT of the Mediterranean countries do this way to much. It ruins a good match. It's a contact sport, it's not like you can't touch eachother while playing soccer. And no one told C:Ronaldo.
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Billek
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioyt2zzm530&feature=related
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ECfreeski3
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i love soccer but can understand not liking it so we'll agree to disagree. also i cant deny there are lots of dives, and i hate it as much as the next guy, but honestly have you guys watched basketball? they do it nearly as much, especially big names like kobe
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.AR6rider.
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Basketball's retarded, let's bounce a ball and run back and forth on a wooden floor trying to throw said ball through a small hole ten feet up!

Football's retarded, let's run back and forth down a field holding an odd shaped ball, and if we can't get it to the other side, we'll kick it through some big yellow poles!

Etc, etc.  Your argument is invalid.  Every sport seems retarded when you boil it down.  I'm not even a huge soccer fan, but there's a lot more going on than just running around for 90 minutes.

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I_Am_Mod
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i really love to play soccer, i like to watch it as well, but yeah, i get pretty annoyed when someone goes down and cries like a little 5y old, then a minute later stands back up to take the penalty....


by my book that's pretty douchy behaviour....
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PhilboydStudge
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Seriously, that's such a stupid argument. But yeah, I hate Ronaldo.
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chardi
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you're dumb.

pro refs, especially in the world cup, are tought to look for diving and give yellows.  you'll see it way more in the world cup than anywhere else.  its a shitty part of the game, most players do it and it sucks.  ronaldo is a lot more likely to get away with it, not because he is a big name player, but because he the best dribbler in the world, don't like him but its a fact.  sometimes its obvious but when his legs are moving a mile a minute around the ball and the player, defenders end up hitting his body a lot, intentional or otherwise, and in the event that they get the ball or he just loses it, he'll go down because its too hard for the ref to tell if the defender's foot hit his body or the ball.  he'l been doing it his whole life he prbably gets more calls than anyone in the world.  for anyone that has ever watch highlights of him, aka every soccer fan, he does crazy moves and falls half the time but more often than not he gets taken out.  for those of you that took the time to read this, thank you.

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bnor
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Retarded. Dumbest post I have ever seen you make.
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ECfreeski3
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no, thank you
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Peter.
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i'd say far less than 90%. you try being out on a field, totally exhausted, then be running full speed and get tripped and faceplant. try getting up quickly
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yellav
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so... all team based sports are retarded?
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Jamestown
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Materazzi (sp?) was probably faking a little when he got head butted by Zidane, but the fact that he did basically won Italy the World Cup. It's a part of the game.
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Bar_Down
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it's a shame that it is though, people would have a lot more respect for the sport if it wasnt a part of the game
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yellav
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i really dont care in the slightest if you like soccer or not, your argument was just one of the most retarded things ive ever seen.
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Jamestown
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The ties are only in the opening rounds of the tournament. Later it will get into extra time and PK's, when it gets really exciting.

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DrZoidberg
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I think when they fall they're telling the ref they don't like what the other guy just did. Some people definitely do it just for the free kick though. For anybody who plays, don't you hate when a ref call a trip when somebody kicks your legs but you kinda absorb it/jump over it and keep running. The free kick is good, but I'd rather keep running sometimes. Ivory coast played decently, the last few  minutes was intense.
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49566738265
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Everybody does.  You don't watch football do you?  Everyone just likes to pick on Ronaldo because he's one of the top 3 in the world.  It's easy to pull of when your feet move as fast as his too.

Not thread worthy though, maybe follow the games more than once every 4 years?
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Bar_Down
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well if it looks like you would be able to keep going with the ball, he should call advantage. maybe the refs at your games are just stupid
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Z-Juice
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I'm just glad that he got a card for faking this game, hopefully the refs look more closely for their next games-I would love to see him get another card yellow or red
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fujarome
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hardly. Regardless of how he went down, zidane headbutted him, and was going off regardless. And then it came down to penalties, which could always go either way. It sucks for me (france fan) but its the way of things. I still hate italians, and cannot stand watching them play, but ronaldo is on a different level. He dives for fun
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thugaim
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The refs in the world cup have been giving guys cards for diving and generally ignoring people who dive for the most part... the reffing has been decent this world cup, aside from a few questionable calls here and there.
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yellav
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true, now that you post a picture of me from the moustache march thread, your argument makes complete sense. soccer is gay i hate it now.
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Jamestown
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You're still a France fan, even after what Henry did to the Irish?
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ECfreeski3
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i agree
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skiierman
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don't hate the game, hate the players... especially ronaldo... fucking hate him.
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theline
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fujarome
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well, i'm french...and i'm not a fairweather fan, so yes. I don't give a shit about the irish, because they weren't guaranteed a spot to begin with. The irish strikers said they'd do the same thing given the chance.

sure it sucks, but things like this happen all the time. Look up france vs germany in the 1982 world cup. People can argue about this and blame france all the want, but this was only a play-off. In 82, france was almost certainly robbed of winning the world cup.
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ECfreeski3
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sorry can you fill me in on what youre talking about? what happened with henry and the irish?
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Jamestown
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Thierry Henry used his hand to keep the ball in play and then passed it over to another French player and they scored, defeating the Irish, and keeping them out of the World Cup.
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ECfreeski3
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ohh shit. thanks
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Jamestown
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Although it's not as extreme, it's like being an Argentina fan and thinking the Hand of God was okay. It just wasn't.
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fujarome
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and in 1982, france was playing germany in the semi final, and a french player was on a breakaway, so the german keeper jumped at him with no effort to get the ball, and hit him so hard he actually broke his jaw, and knocked him unconscious. It was the most obvious red-card worthy challenge, but the ref didn't even give a foul. And back then if a player got injured, you couldn't replace the player, so france went on and lost.
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juanborlando
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were you beaten as a child or something
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thugaim
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Its not cheating if you don't get caught.
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Drew.C
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thats just soccer, every player fakes an injury. But think about it, if you fall over and you get a free kick that kid win a game for you why not. They dont call diving so they have nothing to lose.
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Otter.
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prime example:


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feihlination
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soccer is an alright game. i know why some of you have problems with it, but i dont like other sports as well, so we cant really argue about it.



but "diving" is not always diving. you have to understand the rules.

for example: i have the ball inside the box (any foul here=penalty), trick one defender and go by him, he then makes a late challenge and hits my leg (no ballcontact) while i run past him. if i now stumble but dont fall (because i am so badass and tough) but miss the shot because i was off-balance, i am one unlucky fucker. you have to "announce" the foul sometimes to the ref by falling to the ground.

i know this is only applicable in 10% of dives, but still. and i dont think that a lot of it is going on at this WC. pretty fair games.


bottom line: there are more than 2 possibilities (dive/foul)
clear and intentional dive; jump to avoid contact with the attacking player; fall after contact, which was not hard enough for a foul; my example above, dive to take the freekick at this spot; etc...
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Jamestown
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You know what the Hand of God is, right?
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ECfreeski3
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pretty on. plus this is the world cup and honestly ive seen more dives penalized than rewarded so far. that is a good thing for everyone imo, especially the reputation of soccer
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rexalicious.
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but, how can they resist christiano ronaldo?
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Hemulen.
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who cares, everyone hates him except for 14 year old girls that don't know shit about soccer
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thugaim
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Yes.


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ski-swagga
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this, there was a kid on my high school team that was extremely hard to be knocked down. and even when he was fouled hard in the box he wouldnt go down and the refs wouldnt call anything so my coach would yell at him and tell him to fall when he got fouled every time.

cool story i know.
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Gary_Busey
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Yes diving is a serious problem and very annoying, but it also happens in other sports. Players act and exaggerate to get calls all the time in other sports.  Most competitive atheltes will do anything to help their team win, even if it means acting a little bit.  It is a part of every contact sport, just soccer more than most.
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