Just another soccer fight

dajoy · 10 months

The Most Realistic Fake Soccer Injury Ever!

glasstablechair · 10 months

To bring some perspective into this to the folks complaining that things like that are not punished hardly enough in football: Norbert Meier, the guy on the left, was fined 12500€, was barred from his profession as a trainer for three months and therefore lost his job as trainer of a first-league team (and has only had occupations in minor leagues ever since).

fatkidswinatseesaw · 10 months

What a gruesome incident, I hope everyone was ok!

egoisillusion · 10 months

This one might be just as bad. Check out Rafa Marquez on the left. Nobody touches him and he goes down holding his face.

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/770149/437427055.gif

bamdrew · 10 months

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Ike_Broflovski · 10 months

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Catona · 10 months

How do these men who do this have ANY shred of dignity left?

Peacemaker845 · 10 months

Two NY Giants did the same thing in a game earlier this year to slow down their opponents offense. So ridiculous. Anyone have a link to that?

koonat · 10 months

Why is this so common in soccer?

I'm not a soccer fan at all, I gotta say, but I see these gifs all the time of such OBVIOUSLY fake injuries.

Aren't these people ashamed of themselves? Do soccer players have zero concept of honor? Is it just accepted that 'anything for a win' includes cheating?

Seriously, the biggest fucking pussies on the planet.

santeotweirtur · 10 months

And his last name "Streit" actually is the German word for "brawl"...

ballstime17 · 10 months

As a soccer player this frustrates me so damn much. Makes us all out to be pussies when it actually can be really physical and rough

vtechnique · 10 months

coach bumps the guy, flops, then the player is like "o shit! what should i do." then the player flops himself. both roll around the floor pretending to be in pain. epic. i'm lovin' it!

UnknownArchive · 10 months

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

title	comnts	points	age	/r/
Yup, that's right.	0^coms	0^pts	2^hrs	pics
Soccer double fatality	52^coms	163^pts	2^mos	gifs
Tie?	8^coms	13^pts	4^mos	pics

source: karmadecay

pie-man · 10 months

do they not realize there are fucking cameras around

seannymo · 10 months

as an american who loves the beautiful game, i hate seeing these things and it makes non fans in this country hate it even more.

americans might not play the game the best, but we definitely don't play it like pussies like the rest of the world who flail around all the time like fairies.

HealthTroll · 10 months

I must run to their rescue!

Steeldrivin · 10 months

just another hockey fight

Mr_Question · 10 months

They are an embarrassment to the sport... BUT... IT'S JUST SO DAMN FUNNY!

redditslowly · 10 months

Were there any survivors?

Man_Overboard · 10 months

I was about to make an argument about football not being all that bad blah blah blah... but then I realised it's 4 in the morning here in the UK, and later than that in most of Europe, so I won't be getting much backup here. You definitely posted this at the most American time of day :P

I'll leave it be and let you crazy yanks continue circlejerking.

(loveyouguysreally)

stick3 · 10 months

This shit is embarrassing for the whole sport - and everyone does it.

Contrast this with hockey: Steve Stamkos -one the most talented players in the game (not just a goon) gets a slap shot to the face, losses a good chunk of his nose and only misses one shift. He was back playing minutes later.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/id/8567/steven-stamkos-hit-in-face-by-puck

roodninja · 10 months

When douches collide.

Until fans and players decide that flopping is a really dumb part of soccer and penalize it as so, it will never change.

mojokabobo · 10 months

This is about the only thing that I hate about soccer. (about watching soccer... As far as soccer goes I couldn't stand running that much...)

PerogiXW · 10 months

This is exactly why I hate soccer. I love the fan revelry. I dig the history. The international community is cool. I even enjoy the game itself.

The diving just leaves me in a bad mood. The fact that it's acceptable is just plain stupid.

[deleted] · 10 months

Typical FC Köln behavior.

Cologne, Cologne die Scheiße vom Dom.

mycatdieddamnit · 10 months

Soccer as seen as a "skill based" game where how strong you are, or how much more faster you are is not important against how skilled you are at soccer. (as opposed to rugby, or American football where physical strength comes more into play) therefore physical or violent interactions are STRICTLY forbidden. This lead to the offense taking advantage of this.

If all types of offensive tackles and fights were allowed it would be filled with 2m muscle heads who can't play soccer brawling it out over a ball (or so the saying goes)

One way to solve this problem is video decisions, but this causes the game to be stopped and interrupted. In soccer the momentum and general player positioning and stamina rationing is important, and pausing takes these elements away.
FIFA is a very old-school type organization who unfortunately falls into the generalization of beaureucratic old-blood who are afraid of change.

postman2448 · 10 months

Soccer players are just as good as wrestlers when it comes to faking it

ineverreadit · 10 months

are they alright?

[deleted] · 10 months

Real manly, guys...

Andreicristian · 10 months

It's called FOOTBALL!

loganlog2 · 10 months

What a magnificent flop!

DueceSeven · 10 months

Explanation

sadlegend · 10 months

Go watch a hockey game and learn what a fight is supposed to look like you pussies. This and 0 to 0 tie games is why I can't be bothered to watch this sport.

Oniwabanshu · 10 months

Even the coach took a dive.

skrimskram · 10 months

These types of BS fake injuries regularly occur in US collegiate soccer as well. It's not just a "European" thing. I get to watch plenty of games from the sidelines for a high-ranking college team (NCAA D1), and the athleticism of the players is amazing. However, every visiting team that comes through, along with our own team, has a few players that would probably do better in the drama department... not to mention their haircuts..

Mr_Ected · 10 months

Why does this annoy me so much?

platypus15 · 10 months

This is like in middle school when you're playing outside for recess and you run into another kid and end up hurting them. You just have to act like you got hurt too so you don't look like the mean one.

rendej0 · 10 months

I like how the player is like wait, what? two can play this game mothafucka!

Greenei · 10 months

Am I the only who thinks, that his name is hilarious?

Streit=(angry)Argument/Confrontation in german :D

OneOneSix · 10 months

This is older than the internet itself.

zuluthrone · 10 months

I don't take soccer seriously because of shit like this.

hozjo · 10 months

It happens a lot in basketball too and is spreading. Hell now every time a receiver can't catch a ball in american football he'll fall to the ground hoping for an PI call. It is getting pretty fucking lame.

When I was playing soccer we did one better to people who dove, they'd always try to push towards you with their forearm to make the illusion of contact, if you wrapped your arm around theirs and fell down first you had a pretty good chance of dislocating their shoulder.

mrwalkway32 · 10 months

And Europe wonders why Americans can't get into soccer.

hafetysazard · 10 months

I hope this doesn't happen in hockey. I like to think that if someone takes a dive, he's going to get what he deserves as soon as a pissed off opponent gets the chance. Hitting is so prevalent in hockey, as bad as it sounds, wouldn't really make much of a difference.

golemmiprague · 10 months

Why not, acting is part of the game, people should accept that to be a good soccer player you need many skills and one of them is acting.

JordanFox5 · 10 months

When people ask me why I "can't get into" soccer, I'm going to direct them here...

lamemantems · 10 months

i hurt myself more than they did slapping my hand to my forehead

TooSmugToFail · 10 months

Fake-fu is strong in these two.

Nihilius · 10 months

Rugby > Football(Soccer)

Tella92 · 10 months

Read the title as sorcerer fight, needless to say I'm leaving disappointed.

reddell · 10 months

Last person to fall on the ground loses!

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