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Originally Posted by ronsmac
The recuperative power of soccer players are 2nd to none. I saw at least 5 players who appeared to have career threatening injuries in the Portugal-Spain match , but by the Grace of God made miraculous recoveries.
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It's how the game is played.
You are helping your team if you can sell that bit extra to a ref
after you have been fouled. It can be frustrating to watch at times,
but as your opponents accumulate cautions (yellow cards), they
run the risk of losing a player for the rest of the game (red cards).
The only US sport I could compare selling a foul to a ref
is in basketball. Even there, though, it's different.
Soccer players at the top level can earn a reputation for
exaggerating fouls. Regular offenders should be penalized.
