Acting in Football

[sleigh]

I really enjoy watching football -- the real kind, not the faux-fottball we Americans have. I'm having a great time watching the World Cup games; just watched New Zealand play an incredible game against Italy, which was supposed to destroy the New Zealnders, who instead pulled out a 1-1 draw.

But... I dohave to say that I don't enjoy the play-acting by the players, who if they get brushed by an opponent's jersey go down writhing in fake pain and holding their head, yet s omehow bounce up a moment later and are perfectly fine again. Amazing recuperative powers, these footballers have! The Italians are especially good at it; they seem to fall if you even look at them harshly...

Luckily, good referees aren't all that impressed by their acting abilities...

Comments

[mrbankies.livejournal.com]

The Italians have indeed raised futbol diving to art form, and their skill is surpassed only by Christiano Rinaldo and the Portuguese.

My children are sturdier than those people!

[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

David and I make fun of the Italians and their falling over. The typical phrase involves us saying, "My face! My face! My pretty, pretty face!"

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

Luckily, good referees aren't all that impressed by their acting abilities...

Unfortunately, there seem to be many more bad refs who either reward blatant diving or see phantom fouls. Both teams I support in this tournament (USA and Australia) have been victimized by bad officiating.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

Agreed -- the refereeing in the USA/Slovenia game was especially poor, I think. But in general I think the referees for the World Cup have been pretty good.