MUNICH. Simulation in football? Unfortunately, this is a fairly common thing. Not even significant criticism from fans helps.
Soccer players sometimes just need a slight touch and fall to the ground, often with the vision of a whistle penalty.
He evaluated the situation similarly in the quarterfinals ME in football Italian striker Ciro Immobile.
In the duel v Belgium (Italy won 2: 1) commanded the ground too easily in the opponent’s sixteen.
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He grabbed his right leg and, with a painful grimace on his face, twisted on the ground. However, the referee did not judge the intervention as a foul and the game continued.
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Immediately after that, his teammate Nicolo Barella was able to push, opening the score.
Immobile suddenly got up and without problems and grimaces ran to celebrate for a goal scorer.
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“She’s desperately trying to get a penalty – oh, I’m in agony, I’m in agony! – And then the ball goes into the net and it’s okay. It’s an amazing recovery!” commented on Immobile’s performance by former English footballer Gary Lineker on the BBC.
“I don’t even want to laugh about it, because it’s pathetic,” said another former English player, Alan Shearer.
“He looked at the referee before he fell. It’s sadly embarrassing,” Shearer added.
At the same time, the Italians show quality performances and nice football at the championship. But do they need such tricks?
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