Soccer is a sport where cheating is commonplace. This is a sport where players walk the ball 10 or 20 yards up the field before throwing it in, just to get an extra advantage. This is a sport where teams set up a human wall 10 yards from the ball, as the rules say, but then creep forward to close the gap.
This is a sport where players flop around the pitch field like fish trying to draw fouls or even red cards on opposing players, because playing 11-on-10 is easier than 11-on-11. This is a sport where every bit of contact requires a stoppage in play and possibly a stretcher to carry the wounded faker off the field.
And everyone's outraged because France's Thierry Henry used his hand to stop a ball in the box, leading to the pass, and the goal, that sent France into the World Cup at the expense of Ireland?
Nonsense. This is a sport where faking is celebrated, so get off your high horse, soccer fans. Thierry Henry didn't cheat worse than anyone else.
He cheated better.
France cheated ... and NOW everyone's outraged?
Posted on: November 19, 2009 8:15 am
Edited on: November 19, 2009 8:24 am
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jmark71
Since: Nov 13, 2008 |
Posted on: November 19, 2009 9:06 am
France cheated ... and NOW everyone's outraged?I'll stick up for Doyel on this one as I played soccer with him way back when in high school, so I think you're missing his point... soccer is not exactly known to be a sport that is played particularly honestly 100% of the time, so it's a bit rich to be up in arms b/c of one incident that the referees missed completely. Of course if this was 1986 and instead of Ireland being 'cheated', it was England and Maradona then I'd be up in arms too ;)
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Posted on: November 19, 2009 8:35 am
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