Articles tagged with "diving"
A Song for Marcelo Saragosa
By Ian Rose | June 28th, 2008For those of you that are either not MLS fans, or were too distracted by the Euros to notice, FC Dallas and the Houston Dynamo ...
The Italian Ronaldo?
By Ale | May 26th, 2008So this is Juventus (on loan at Serie B's A.S. Bari) striker Davide Lanzafame, who's been getting a little press recently for his Ronaldo-esque style. "He ...
Birmingham Result and Diving Drogba
By CSD | April 27th, 2008Sorry for the delayed post, but I really couldn't think of anything to write other than, "it happened like I thought it'd happen." Rafa ...
Benitez the Stalker
By Rob | April 27th, 2008You would think, after 19 matches against Chelsea, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez would know Wednesday nights opposition very well. Not, apparently well enough. It seems ...
And the Oscar for Best Faked Injury by a Goalkeeper Goes to...
By Laurie | March 11th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8kBE8Hny7M&eurl=http://www.thefootie.com/worst-soccer-fake-ever/[/youtube] Some videos need no words. Which is good, because I'm speechless. P.S. The combination of slo-mo + melodramatic music + YouTu
Celtic v. Shakhtar Divetsk ... Now THAT's anti-football
By Ian Rose | November 28th, 2007With all of the talk about Scottish football and "anti-football" (yeah, I know Messi never said it), Celtic faced a team who played real anti-football ...
Great Moments in Soccer Acting
By Bob | October 5th, 2007This week we saw AC Milan keeper Dida show off his theatrical skills. He is not alone in this department, of course. For ...
Adriano Banned Two Games for Diving
By Bob | April 20th, 2007This ought to send ripples throughout Serie A. Inter Milan striker Adriano has been banned for two matches for his theatrics seen in the ...
Adriano Banned, World Chortles With Glee
By Martha | April 20th, 2007The list of suspended players for this weekend's fixtures just came out and, in addition to the expected names of people with too many cards ...
Alberto Gilardino to star in "The Greg Louganis Story"
By Cham | February 22nd, 2007Milan frontman Alberto Gilardino, as reported in The Scotsman, refuted the booking awarded him in Tuesday's UEFA Champions League match. "I was touched and I tried ...
Sean Davis teaches Lee Young-Pyo how to dive
By Bob | February 6th, 2007There was another round in the endless did Cristiano Ronaldo dive or did he not debate this past weekend after the Manchester United winger was ...
Paul Jewell Promotes Drinking and Diving
By Bob | December 5th, 2006Just about every week in the English Premiership there seems to be at least one diving controversy that gets everyone up in arms. This ...
Torquay United to Sack Players for Diving and Cheating
By Bob | November 21st, 2006If you are a fan of a Beautiful Game that doesn't involve diving, theatrics and players writhing on the ground interspersed by the occasional bouts ...
On Diving
By Martha | November 8th, 2006Call me crazy, but I think the issue of diving is much more complicated than the well-muscled American who shouted about pansies while watching the ...
Chelsea v Barcelona SHEVA OUT
By Andy | October 31st, 2006Chelsea flew out from Gatwick on Sunday afternoon for their Group A meeting with Barcelona with a squad that consisted of the following: A Cole, Makelele, ...
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