I sit on the fence when it comes to diving/cheating/simulation – whatever you want to call it. Nobody likes to see a player in trouble for nothing, and games decided by cheating, but I know that when I play that if there is a minute to go and the only way I was guaranteed a goal was to roll over a loose leg, I’m taking it. Having said this, I don’t think you can justify what you’re about to see:
Now I have heard of conning the ref but this one takes the biscuit. The Chilean buffoon cobs an eye full of elbow after pulling the opposition’s arm towards his face! Not only that, he then goes down quicker than Jordan in a car park, holding his face in the process.
Now there’s a difference between taking advantage of something to gain an advantage yourself, and frankly being a bit of a tosser… I’ll leave it up to you to decide on this geezer…
Simon Bourne