Diving in Football

For those of us who watch football (soccer) we’d probably be very familiar with antics known as “diving” (in the context of football (soccer) is an attempt by a player to gain an unfair advantage by diving to the ground and possibly simulating an injury, to appear as if a foul has been committed. Dives are often used to exaggerate the amount of contact present in a challenge.)

Just found this video to be quite amusing – shows how the seemingly inexplicable, spontaneous fall to the ground could perhaps be explained by a sly sniper:

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2 comments so far

  1. Linyou on

    Haha Klinsmann is the best diver ever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB7Y33VteME

  2. coping on

    Hey, I added your link: http://gemssty.com/2009/05/13/diving-in-football to my site under the title Diving in Football Gems Sty.


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