OT: For Fans of Flopping

[msf22b]

Brazil/ Mexico almost unwatchable because of numerous examples of this despicable habit.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Did they play at Notre Dame?

 

[msf22b]

There's
Colégio Notre Dame de Campinas
Notre Dame College in Caminas, maybe it's catchy.

 

[WesternPaFan]

THEY MUST KNOW LOYD AND MAYBERRY!!!!

 

[MilfordHusky]

Check the lineup for Pedro Novosel and Diego Diggins.

 

[JS]

Brazil/ Mexico almost unwatchable because of numerous examples of this despicable habit.

You mean like this?

Brazilian "Fred" at work against Croatia.​

 

[pap49cba]

He just lost his balance.....

 

[msf22b]

Different game, first half was intolerable. But good pix

 

[HuskyNan]

You mean like this?

Brazilian "Fred" at work against Croatia.​

Doesn't it look like his right foot is pointed in the wrong directions? Ouch.

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[MilfordHusky]

Hilarious! Thanks, Nan.

 

[mhshuskies]

DO THEY HAVE A DRILL FOR THAT AT nd?

 

[MJS UCONN'73]

On a business/vacation trip in Venice a couple of years ago, I was getting up at 6 each morning to take a jog around Venice and liked to stop in the fairly large Camp Santa Margherita at around 7 for a nice post-jog cappuccino (it is Italy). This is one of those large squares typical in many European tourist cities where actual residents live and work, and on these morning visits I would see the local schoolchildren playing their games of pickup "Calcio" (soccer) while the Campo was relatively empty. The games played by the older boys (maybe age 10-12) were rugged and aggressive. Tripping and hip-checks were standard and would result in the players tumbling around on the stone surface of the campo - often resulting in a lot of bruised and not-t00-seriously- bloody knees and elbows. The kids would pick themselves up right away and - not wanting to be seen by their friends as "soft" would get right back in the game. Watching the world pros fall and writhe on the grass pitch after a slight shove is part of the modern game - and awards should be given for "best performance in a dive". Those kids in Santa Margherita demonstrate a lot more resilience and toughness than many of their Calcio idols...but occasionally one of the kids would obviously embellish a "foul" (which is never called) and would suffer the taunts of his fellow players for "recitazione" = "acting".

 

[meyers7]

Brazil/ Mexico almost unwatchable because of numerous examples of this despicable habit.

Actually it was a great game. Pretty open play. High intensity. Ochoa, the Mexican GK was superb.

Here's a little bit on flopping.

 

[Sonny44]

Actually it was a great game. Pretty open play. High intensity. Ochoa, the Mexican GK was superb.

Here's a little bit on flopping.

Awesome, but don't send it to ND please.

 

[meyers7]

Awesome, but don't send it to ND please.

I think they may already use him.

 

[Skiblets]

Nobody beats this guy