slowspoke said:
That wouldn't be Naymar would it? The star striker out for the rest of the WC with a broken vertebra? Obviously play acting.
Now lets talk about Robben.
Sadly, 1 out of 10 actually do get hurt. But the acting and theatrics of soccer are a joke. I grew up playing competitive soccer, I never did that nonsense, only knew a few guys that did, majority in the country don't fake stuff like that.
This is why soccer in the US isn't a huge pro sport I believe in part.
Baseball, football, hockey players don't clown around and act like they are hurt. The opposite is the opinion in those sports. When a guy gets an injury, they say tough it out and play, don't be a cry baby..haha...get your **** out there and play, or you better really be hurt!!
Even cyclist are way tougher than soccer players. Guys still finish a race if possible, like Cav after jacking up his shoulder.
Soccer, a guy barely gets tapped on the back and flops like a fish on the ground trying to fool the ref and get a penalty on their opponent.....that is a joke.
Anyway...I must say, I'm impressed with the World Cup Anti Doping control guys right on the sidelines ready to take all of these guys for testing right after matches..curious what the statics are if they ever release all the testing data.