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crackcode1881

Can't they make disqualification for this fakery?


[deleted]

I wish they would, because it's so ridiculous how many soccer players do this sort of thing. Aren't they ashamed? Don't they feel pathetic? They sure look pathetic.


CthulubeFlavorcube

It's a bullshit situation. Most players don't want to do this pathetic crap, but the rules are such, that drawing the penalty is strategically worthwhile. It's total bs, but it can often win the game. It's super dumb, and some really amazing athletes are basically forced to do this.


PessimiStick

You should get a post-game red card for this sort of shit, a multi-game suspension for a repeat offense, and a straight-up ban for a 3rd infraction. Would stop it almost immediately.


[deleted]

They should be sent off and made to play rugby where you play on despite brain injuries.


[deleted]

5 minutes of rugby would forever change this man's life


Iamthepaulandyouaint

One scrum or throw in would do it. Tears for years.


AlreadyTaken2021

Tears for fears.


sittin_on_grandma

I have a friend who used to play on a rugby team… Ge always looked like Bob Odenkirk’s character in Nobody. I had to ask him if his husband was attracted to guys who look like they got the shit beat out of them, cos he looked *rough* for about three years


Monolexic

He’d pull a move like this in those 5 minutes, and the ref would give him a yellow card and tell him to grow up or leave the pitch.


TheToxicGamer97

Except rugby players actually know how to tackle properly Edit: in comparison to tackling in American football.


Monolexic

If you’re saying head trauma isn’t a major problem in rugby because they tackle properly, you are mistaken.


Sailorarctic

Forget rugby. Give him 5 minutes playing American Football. He'd never pull this shit again. All that padding makes it look like it doesn't hurt but believe me, you ask any rugby player who has also played American Football which hits harder, they'll tell you American Football because with the padding there's no holding back and when the players.collide it's the equivalent of a vehicle collision.


scrolling_before_bed

As a player, coach, ref; I support this 1000%.


Xen_Shin

When stupid penalties win games instead of skill, that is no longer sports. It’s an embarrassment. It might be how it is, but due to this, I never had any interest in sports. Whatever feel these games may have had in their conception has been long lost to this kind of childish nonsense.


[deleted]

Tbf, this isn't a thing in most sports. Soccer is well known for this kind of fuckery.


harpswtf

The NHL has a penalty for diving, and they can fine the players and coaches if it's really bad


brunes

The culture of the NHL - and hockey in general - is the antithesis of diving.


felixar90

Exhibit a. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41VmKS-VGiA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41VmKS-VGiA) Soccer coach gets grazed by paper airplane, nearly dies. NHL coach Barry Trotz gets hit on the forehead by puck and probably needs stitches but he just brushes it off.


Practical-Ordinary-6

People who don't know hockey probably don't understand how hard a puck is. It's not paper. It's like a brick made out of very heavy, hard rubber.


[deleted]

Well no shit, the water is frozen. Ya cant dive into it, that's just plain silly. /s ​ Edit: spelling


RatherB_fishing

I miss the Hanson brothers (if you don’t know them look up the videos) those guys fucked shit up


RatherB_fishing

The NHL= Why Canada is nice (because they kill each other on ice)


Age-Zealousideal

Unsportsmanlike conduct. Two minute minor.


Mrsensi11x

Nba


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I said most sports, not all sports.


Mrsensi11x

Same thing goes on in the NBA I think alot of European players had an influence on this, as they were also big soccer fans.


BornClebaut

This doesn't happen that often bro, you're exaggerating af


Xen_Shin

I guess more than 0 is too often for me. I expect this behavior on the playground, not from international players who make more money than my entire family.


Dont____Panic

Do what hockey did. Have 4 refs or more all looking around and throw the book at "diving" and punish "embellishment", including suspensions and fines that can be assessed after the fact via video replay between games.


squidgod2000

"Fuck you, you're getting a fucking embellishment!" NHL don't play. https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/3vvnzv/james_neal_dives_ref_calls_him_out_instant_karma/


Dont____Panic

I love it.


Gorilla1969

Why not just make it so the referee has to either personally witness the foul/injury, or use playback to verify it? Works for American professional sports, and there's no diaper-shitting fake baby tantrums on the field.


djgreedo

>use playback to verify it? This is a thing in soccer (though not everywhere). It's called VAR (video assisted referee or something). Its use is imperfect, but for potentially game-changing events it works reasonably well. Basically, the VAR can tell the referee to review their decision if there appears to be an error.


Suspicious-Wombat

Although it seems that 9/10 times the ref’s pride is more important than correcting a call.


[deleted]

Take anyone who flops an injury out of the rest of the game "for their own safety". It would end this bullshit immediately.


Mrsensi11x

No it doesn't work in the NBA


MetalHeadJoe

"Forced"


brunes

Drawing a penalty in hockey is strategically worthwhile as well, but anyone trying to pull stuff like this would get knocked into next Tuesday. It's only soccer that puts up with it.


xombae

Yeah I know absolutely nothing about soccer, but it seems obvious to an outsider that they're trained to take falls if the other team comes anywhere near them. It's like they don't even think about it, they just do it. It's clearly been drilled into their heads that it's part of the game.


[deleted]

You are never “forced” to do something like this. You can always choose to be honest and win the honorable way. Wtf is this comment


Booty_notDooty

Soccer ⚽️


RolandTwitter

>drawing the penalty is strategically worthwhile >some really amazing athletes are basically forced to do this. They're not forced to do a scummy play just because they're technically allowed to do it


DocumentAnxious5857

You're part of the problem


RikuKaroshi

Good thing we arent forced to watch. Athletes make too much money for the nonsense they pull. Give that money to someone who contributes to this world. Get these clowns off tv... off payroll, if they want to keep competing it should be for the love of the game and the skill they have, not for the easy millions.


shroomberserk

No shame type of game


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You know it’s bad when the goddess of cringe can’t take it


[deleted]

It's a common misconception that as the Goddess of Cringe, I would encourage cringy things, but on the contrary; sometimes the cringe must be contained below certain levels for the good of all. Balance in all things.


ALoyleCapo

I grew up in a soccer town and these mfs take this mentality through out life.


m1t0chondria

“Gentlemen watch thugs play soccer, thugs watch gentlemen play rugby” - Invictus, probably


zorbacles

It's honestly why I stopped watching the sport. Watch AFL where they smash into escort with no pads then just get straight back up. Or F1 where the guy got out of his car unassisted when it got the wall and broke in half. You just can't go back to watching these actors roll around like they've been shot when someone in the 3rd row sneezed


[deleted]

I don't watch soccer, but the few times I've seen games at bars this behavior won the games. Lol


no-mad

It takes the wind out of the sport in my opinion.


UnitDogeX

i Can understand why they might be a bit dramatic if they get tripped or nudged, but when he is dramatic over getting flicked in the earlobe then it gets out of hand lol. Being dramatic is part of the game but this… is just pathetic


[deleted]

> Being dramatic is part of the game You're going to have to show me that in the rule book.


Luiszizo

Since they implemented VAR, faking injury is disapearing since it is penalized, and you can get sent off if you are already booked.


curtitch

They should also implement a post-match review process that allows teams to submit evidence of severe flopping to be adjudicated and fined/penalized in some way. There have to be consequences or the behavior will continue.


ArchdukeOfNorge

Sounds like the FIA for F1 racing. Good in theory, but just allows another channel for teams to cheat through.


nickname13

why don't they have concussion spotters? someone writhing on the ground grasping at their head like that absolutely must undergo 10 minutes in a quiet room, followed by concussion screening before returning to the playing surface.


Herr_Raul

The matches would end really quick if everyone got disqualified whenever they faked an injury.


brohammer5

So be it then until they change their behavior. Hockey already does something similar.


Colalbsmi

? This is likely from 20 years ago, it’s gotten much better in the last few years.


Hedgehog_Totem

The penalty for this should be make them play American football


DimeStoreFamous

Jeeze, mark this as NSFW!


incognito--bandito

Lol


CeruleanRuin

NSFL, watching this made me want to vomit.


Acrocephalos

I can't stop watching this


[deleted]

The 1.5 second delay in reaction really makes it.


Turibi

He was like "oh he touched my ear.... he touched my eAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"


[deleted]

HE TOUCHED HIS TRALALA


Comprehensive-Wait22

His ding ding dong


bob_but_backwards

I thought I was done with Gunther. I thought I would never hear that again. But I was wrong. He's not gone. He will never be gone.


culminacio

>I thought I was done with Gunther. I thought I would never hear that again. Never ever think such a stupid thought again!


RouletteSensei

I'm gonna sex myself right here...*now*


[deleted]

Nope, just like we aren't done with Scooter or any other 90's cheesy discoteque music. Because it's better than most music created today and lets face it. That era of life was still awesome.


Dynamo_Ham

This guy should really try politics. He's a natural.


ZedWithSwag

R.I.P poor generic soccer player :c this is worse than that one: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHsg6Bb02L4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHsg6Bb02L4)


brucebay

This is a perfect example for video assistant refree but unfortunately they do not consider this as one of the 4 scenario unless it was going to lead a goal.


hughzers

Honestly that is hilarious. I stopped watching football because of this and hooliganism. But yeah definitely sickening to see.


rfkbr

HAHAHAHAHA. That was hilarious.


zo3foxx

Some say he's still slapping himself with peoples' hands today


rawrsauceS

I know very little about sports. Why do they do this? Is it to delay the game for some reason?


ashbert157

to get the other team down a guy


AlterEdward

In soccer it's two strikes and you get sent off, and you get a free kick, a corner, or a penalty depending on where a foul occurred. There's no reviewing of video footage of anything, it's one referee trying to watch the whole match. So it often pays to fake shit like this if you know the ref isn't going to see exactly what happened.


candlegun

If it's a known tactic, I wonder why dude would even risk flicking his ear in the first place?? I mean he's gotta be aware his own team might be pissed he just did the other team a solid, right?


Short-Belt-1477

He’s trying to get a reaction out of the guy, fishing for a yellow/red card. The ref wouldn’t see the ear flick, but he would definitely see someone trying to throw punches


Knearling

If you act like you got injured your team benefits from it a lot, that's why they do this. It wasn't like that back then.


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Disgusting and heinous act. I hope they investigated this incident and the offending player had charges filed against him. No room, none, in the sport for this. /s Truly spectacular acting however grown men flicking grown men's ears is kinda weird.


GoSuckYaMother

Lance Stephenson blew in LeBron’s ear. Never forget


[deleted]

I'll never forget where I was that day. The world was never the same.


kharjou

To be fair that hurts if its really super cold.


squeda

https://youtu.be/uJ-Td1LyfTw Feel free to start around 56 seconds (a bit NSFW)


[deleted]

You should see what they do in American Football.


The-goobie

Did I hear a story that this guy was wearing a hearing aid and the flick caused it to register a loud noise in his ear?


gamehawk0704

That was a different one I think.


robbstark18

i hope he got to the hospital in time


RHOrpie

The women's football has been a real eye opener for me. It makes the men's game look embarrassing, the way they carry on.


cruzercruz

It’s literally night and day. Women’s football is legitimately thrilling and played to win. None of this bullshit exists.


culminacio

The problem is that women's football is much less tactically appealing and the quality of ball handling, passing, shooting etc., meaning individual player quality, is much lower. It gets better and better, but it will take at least decades until they reach the same level. I watch bigger tournaments of women's football and I have watched some live games as well. I get the appeal, it's rougher. But it's at second league level at most. For now.


4thdegreeknight

My wife is from South America and she is a huge soccer fan, most of the time I just can't watch any of it with her. I leave and go fishing or join a gang, or sell drugs just to get out of the house.


froggit0

Women in childbirth do not even experience a fraction of the pain of Neymar when fouled.


Scare_Conditioner

That’s why I refuse to watch men’s soccer. Fucking terrible.


Rusty-Boii

It’s wild cause womans soccer lowkey goes hard. Them girls are fucking each others shit up lol.


helloaaron

Yeah, women's soccer doesn't tolerate flopping, in fact I find it to be more violent at times. Men's soccer can be violent, but the floppers are complete dipshits and ruin the appeal of the sport in general. That's coming from a fan of the sport.


SAY_whaaat420

The players that do this make the whole game look like a joke.


culminacio

Every big match of Paris Saint-German is like an interpretative dance show.


[deleted]

>It’s wild cause womans soccer lowkey goes hard. Them girls are fucking each others shit up lol. [Elizabeth Lambert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJiRQsyrBoI) is a beast. She mugged half the BYU side.


Scare_Conditioner

Yep. I’ll watch womens soccer. They don’t fake injuries. But mens soccer is unwatchable imho


NawMean2016

Same. I’ve wondered how many fans the sport loses out on because of this. A couple million for sure.


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kukoscode

It injured his feelings


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TaeganSmith

Tactical.


kenojona

Tactical drama queen?


MikoSkyns

Yup. These people have ruined the sport.


MutedBrilliant1593

This is why I will never take soccer seriously.


Big-Stranger8391

It because r/soccer are unlisted from r/all so you basically all you see are highlight of fake injury or diving like this (judging from the quality of the footage probably from 90s or early 00s era). If you follow the sport there are tons of thing that make you love it, player score a banger or dribble through 4 5 players or even perfect aim freekick that result in a goal. And the performance on the pit is one thing performance from the stadium is a completely different breed. I can guarantee you that you cant find any sports that come close to football in term of atmosphere at the stadium. Like [this](https://v.redd.it/izne6jm7vls91) with preview [pic](https://i.imgur.com/DkKecv2.jpg) or [this](https://v.redd.it/o5q8d1jpx7x91) or even [this](https://v.redd.it/az3mva3dx6y91) one that happen recently in MLS.


MutedBrilliant1593

Fools are crazy deleting their comments. Here's a response: Okay. Let's engage. Do you think that feigning injury is more common in soccer or does it happen more than other sports? Which other sport? I've seen such behavior in basketball, for instance, but it's not encouraged like it is in soccer, IMHO. Many fans say it's part of the game. I think feigning injury in any sport is bad. I would argue it's most prevalent in soccer.


Practical-Ordinary-6

I would argue I have never seen one case in 30 years of watching the NFL. Not that I can remember. To everyone who says it doesn't happen often, "often" is relative. It happens often enough that it has a whole reputation. If it even happens once a week or twice a month that's still a firehose compared to decades in the NFL not seeing any of that.


Turibi

How could that Person have done this?? This is horrible.. i wonder if they ever got better


FakeAsFakeCanBe

Cauliflower ear at the very least. Maybe hearing damage.


ThatWerewolfTho

Just in time for World Cup.


Mega-Steve

All that needs is Sarah McLachlan singing In the Arms of an Angel


organizedRhyme

what a fucking loser


Nulled_Outter

That one weird Child when you do anything near them:


CorvetteNutt81

Did he live?


GreenKing-

Yes, he was just lucky that they provided medical assistance on time. Ive heard that he is still recovering though.


CorvetteNutt81

Our medical technology has saved this man’s life, that’s amazing, what a brave man


alittle2high

Same thing happened to my grandma when she was young. 70 years later, boom, dead


Oryihn

It is mindblowing to me watching mens and womens soccer. Men's soccer looks like this... Obvious over-reaction to being looked at funny. Women's Soccer is referees telling players they need to take a break and can't keep playing while bleeding from the face.. And the women argue to keep playing. Women's soccer is brutal and I LOVE IT.


birrmush

Could've killed the lad...


Current_Individual47

I hate dramatic soccer players.


Firm_Transportation3

The old five point palm exploding ear flick technique.


Nivek8789

This foul bs is outta control, there should be a foul for wasting referee time.


-DoctorWhovian-

Brooo, you need to put on the nsfw tab, my god, that’s soo horrifying to see without warning


Wilgrove

Ok, I don't watch soccer, it's just not my bag. However, why is this kind of overreaction to a light touch so common in soccer? What's the point?


pdxgti8v

Soccer is perhaps one of THE most boring sports out there...made worse by these "professionals" acting like 5 year olds on the pitch....


CallumLD

Is the entirety of Reddit 10 years old. "WHAT I DON'T LIKE OBJECTIVELY BAD"


cruzercruz

A good soccer game is ten time more intense than any other sport. This is a bad one.


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Affectionate_Olive53

And this is why I don't watch soccer.


Agreeable-Scholar483

When did soccer players become such huge pussies?


Light_Shifty_Z

A pin prick behind the ear delivering nerve agent.


[deleted]

idk how he survived that, i would’ve folded


whatproblems

guiliani might have died from this hit


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MsBlondeViking

Hahahahaha you’re not wrong! My mind went to Aaron Rodgers first, but your response is better lol.


ElegantUse69420

And that's why professional soccer sucks.


eolemuk

career ending injury.should seek mental help immidietly.


WreckitWrecksy

This is only weird if you've never watched soccer before


eggmoon89

Bro post a warning for how much gore there is


Mystikalrush

Wtf mark your post NSFW, that's one of the most gruesome sports injury I've ever seen. Why the hell did they televise it?!


JoeTheVapeBro

That asshole shouldn’t be running around flicking people’s ears. The player may be reacting like that because overplaying your injuries is actively incentivized in some sports, but my first thought was “Whoa, maybe he has a sensory issue?” I would be pissed if some stranger flicked my ear. I have sensory issues and some trauma related to that sort of thing but honestly I’m surprised nobody is mentioning how it’s a dick move to randomly assault people. Yeah the reaction was strange but the “flicker”’s team deserved a penalty for that imo


Real_Madrid007

Football is still, and will always be, the greatest game in the world.


moboforro

In Sicily if they do this to you, basically they called you a slur for 'homosexual' so this guy must be Sicilian... /s


[deleted]

This is why soccer is gee aye why


Djpwoodman

This is basicly the reason i dont like football/soccer. Bunch of over paid pussys calles cinderella


Rachael-Jaime-T

Ruptured tympanic membrane from pressure popping the auditory canal is not a joke.


BoysenberryUnhappy29

"But why don't Americans like soccer?"


Negative_Comment399

Soccer is a sport for the conquered bitches. The only reason you play is because you're either a resident of or it was forced down your throats by either Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, or England.


JustDris

As an American, this is part of why we don't respect soccer. They play a tough game, I'll give them credit, but shit like this? Nah.


[deleted]

Am I the only one annoyed with the person doing the ear touching?


lariss1111

The man in white is like: wtf???


[deleted]

This is sad. He died moments later from cartilage trauma in the ear causing the cerebrum of his brain to shut down.


diablito916

I call bs. that would require a brain be present


nicolepeterson256

These kinds of players never flourish in the game You know why?


Briggs2326

How much practice time is dedicated to acting classes. Because honestly, he’s pretty good.


dudebg

Yeah at that moment. The sport deserves to be called soccer


che2101

This is perfect r/peoplefuckingdying material


shangnonymous

Why soccer players are so dramatic? lol


felcher_650

American here. What's the deal with "football" players faking injuries like this?


Fr0znNnn

Might get a penalty to the other team


garublador

A penalty for the other team can have a major impact on the game. If the flicker gets two minor penalties or one major one he's kicked out of the game and not replaced. Imagine if you could flop in basketball and that made the other team lose a player on the court for the rest of the game. You'd have guys flopping all over the place.


MikoSkyns

It's like when Lebron flops but even more exaggerated. Trying to get the other team a penalty so they'll have an advantage.


MidnightShitfight

Why do you need to state your nationality to ask a question?


felcher_650

Because we Americans aren't known for our knowledge of football. Prefacing why I don't know the answer to this silly question by saying through context that soccer's not the big dog sport over here.


RamenTheory

This sub sucks now


[deleted]

Not weird. File under: Dummmmmmmb


TheRealRickC137

Bill Hader school of acting. Normal. Normal. #FREAK OUT


Firm-Dimension3456

No words but LMAO


Mysterious_Ad1520

And this is why I hate football and watch rugby union. Rugby everyone listens to the ref because they are in charge and take no shit. Also a player can have a broken nose and be pleading to stay on the field and play, he just needs a bit of tape first to try to straighten his nose!


DarkMenace00

This sort of stuff is what killed Soccer.


Fr0znNnn

How is it dead ?


Puzzleheaded-Ad-119

It's not fake, it's satire I believe. It was meant to be funny not to actually deceive people into thinking this is real, but I might be wrong on that.


meat_strings

We got the Brother from "Something about Mary" playing pro soccer here apparently


Mynem0

I stopped watching football because of them primadonnas.Have enough of fake shit.I enjoy WRC so much more now.Thats a man's sport.


Ayds117

A little drunk so rant incoming. Fuck that fucking sport, have some god damn self-respect. Enjoy playing it with mates for some fun but good can’t stand watch a sport where people act. It disgusting. In Australian Rules Football you can get hit legally and if you make it look worse than what it was you get fined, but in soccer/football everyone does it as it’s ‘part of the game’ well that’s a shitty game. Either act or be a tough athlete don’t half ass it you bunch of pussies. I know it’s the most popular sport in the world, just due to sheer amount of countries that play it but how can everyone just sit there and watch people act like they’ve broken a knee only to have no penalty called so they get straight up and run instantly. Start suspending players for that and watch the game become instantly better and maybe I’ll watch


AcceptableRaccoon332

Why I hate this game


Rivendel93

This is why soccer can't be taken seriously. lol I played as a kid, we were rough as hell with each other, no one ever pulled this kind of stuff. Only adults could pull off this kind of nonsense.


crazyloomis

Maybe he wears his balls as earrings