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Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo
It really does annoy me when english fans moan about other players falling over/diving all the time. Joe Cole, Michael Owen, Ashley Cole, Gerrard all have been guilty of falling over very easily. Yes the Portuguese did go to ground abit to often, but its not a case of this not happening with england players.
Ronaldo has been called a cheat by every single england fan ive bumped into today, but it wasnt him who stamped on a players groin or pushed at another player under the ref's nose. Oh and he also didnt slip on Gerrard's, Lampard's or Carrager's tops during the shoot out and took their penalties for them.
Yes they were clearly out to phsyche out Rooney, but thats football/competition for you. If you can't handle the pressure and provocation in a world cup quarater final then you shouldnt be playing in it at all.
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And if you can't deal with a player on a PLAYING level, you shouldn't be in the tournament either. I believe an awful lot of defenders are scared of Rooney, and know they can't outplay him, so they use other tactics (aside from playing proper football) to deal with him. Brilliant sportsmanship there.
I have no issues with diving as such - it's the rolling around, holding your knees to your chest, crying out in agony as if you've been shot when there's **** all wrong and you're after more than a freekick for something that didn't even happen, and then when you either get your way, or realise the ref is not interested, you pop up and jog aroudn like you never went down.... And sorry, but how often did you see any of the England players do that???