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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 3150306, member: 2141"] I did not watch the game as I had other obligations; but, from what I read and saw afterwards, Liverpool's non-stop pressure really got to Barcelona and caught them by surprise, which indicates a lack of prep by Barcelona's training staff and lack of focus by the players. After all, Liverpool has been pressuring like that the entire season. As for the theatrics, it's been like that forever (there are some insane clips on YouTube of the USMNT's former coach Klinsmann during his prime in the 80's); but, unless FIFA steps-up or the tackling rules are rolled back to the '80's, i.e. no blood, no foul, where a player knew if he flopped, he would physically pay for it soon after, it's not going to stop. Suarez is a prime example, though Neymar seems to have overtaken him both the in-play theatrics and the post-game hysterics. [/QUOTE]