Basualdo wrote:There have been more than a few games when a corner or free kick resembles nothing more than NFL linebackers going at each other at a line of scrimmage.
Yep - this will have to be sorted out, otherwise you're going to get punch-ups every 5 minutes.
A defender cannot wrap his arms around an attacker just as the ball is being played in – that is ridiculous.
Am also amazed how all the play-acting is being ignored by the officials, too.
Even Henderson went over the top, holding his forehead when the guy struck his chin etc
Just makes a mockery of the game.
The Colombians got so bad at it, that after every single foul you had players staying down, rolling around etc then if their team go on the attack, they immediately get up and start legging it after the ball. Worse still, you get players giving it the card-waving stuff 0.00001 seconds after being fouled.
At one point, Ashley Young went in for a 50-50 and wisely went down, too, knowing that the Colombian would pretend to have been shot - by doing so, the ref didn't know who to blame, rather than booking the less-hurt player.
