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Originally Posted by MarkyMark
Except you can get penalized for that in hockey, all I ever see in soccer if he doesn't draw a call by laying on the field half dead is play just goes on.
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They get punished all the time. I watch soccer regularly (EPL, La LIGA, CL etc) and players get a yellow for diving/embellishing all the time.
The thing is its very hard sometimes since the game tends to be very fast nowadays but usually if you have a competent ref the diver will get punished. It can go both ways sometimes, watch the video below; Torres gets sent off for DIVING when he was actually tripped by the Man U player.
The Japanese ref for this game I noticed was constantly out of position (he was sprinting A LOT during the match). For the penalty call he didn't even consult with his assistants, just straight up pointed for a penalty right away. Poor ref but Brazil was the better team today...regardless of the penalty.
Anyways once the knockout stages come around FIFA is only going to have top euro refs from the big 4 leagues.