Diving with style
Harry Pearson writes on the art of diving.
Yet the truth is that it is not Zokora's dive that has created the furore; it is its ineptitude […] when it comes to cheating, we expect a degree of professionalism from our footballers.
It's interesting to compare the contrast in the reactions from footballers to physical contact1 in professional games to those played for fun in the park and playground. Whenever I've played, players would often shrug off all but the hardest of challenges as opposed to what is, rather disingeniuosly, termed in the professional game as gamesmanship. There are a number of (rational) reasons behind the differences but it is a shame that the spectacle of football is tarnished by such ugly acts.
- Or, in this case, the lack of physical contact [back]
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