Is diving even punished anymore?
Seriously, ever since Neymar started to pull his ridiculous antics during the last two World Cups, I can't remember a single time a diver was punished for obvious acting, must have been in 2011 or something. This stuff seriously hurts the game.
Yes, Sterling was touched by the Danish defenders, but he walks into the situation with the clear intent to collapse. He enters the box basically already leaning forward - the referee should have already noticed that Sterling tried to get free kicks by walking into Danes and similar stuff before.
Posted Jul 7, 2021, 10:09 PM UTC
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