Fake Soccer/Football Injuries

[Bullgrit]

Over the years, I've seen a lot of gifs and videos of soccer players faking injuries. I mean really, over-the-top faking. Since I don't watch professional soccer, this makes me wonder just how common this antic really is. Do professional soccer players really go to such ridiculous extremes faking injury, or am I just seeing jokes and gags intended to be known as faked?

Bullgrit

 

[Lindeloef]

Not sure what you saw but I assume you saw like the best-of-the-best football fake injuries. They don't occur that often. Sure it happens, some people are cheater and try to maximize as best as they can. If they can convince a referee by "dieing" on the field they will try it.

Also keep in mind that a lot of countries play football. So there is a huge amount of games played. So a fake-injury per time-interval has a higher number than fake-injury per game-played-on-earth.

 

[Crothian]

It's common enough to have a word for it they call is Flopping. I don't know if it is cheating in soccer. It is poor sportsmanship but I don't know of a rule against in. In the NBA they have anti flipping rules and players will get fined for five thousand dollars or more if they do it.

 

[Zombie_Babies]

It's something soccer is known for. That said, as mentioned above it was common enough in the NBA to require a rule to address it and we're seeing it more and more in NCAA and NFL football, too. Teams fake injuries to stop the hurry up. In actual football, though, it's not like you can make a call. I mean, people get hurt every game. That makes it even lamerer cuz you can't really address it. Anyhoo, here's my all time football favorite:

[video=youtube;7KzThMLSB44]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KzThMLSB44[/video]

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It is quite common, and is my second most hated thing about this sport, which I love.

 

[Janx]

It is quite common, and is my second most hated thing about this sport, which I love.

which sport?

I'm not sure how one finds oneself watching lots of faked sports injuries.

But I also don't watch sports.

 

[Grehnhewe]

Flopping is inherently poor of form and sportsmanship. It is certainly most prevalent in football, but I would say NBA is number 2. Both sports are trying to crack down. NBA with fines and football with cards. I think I am definitely seeing more flopping ignored in football, with less fouls and penalties being awarded and more cards being issued. A really capable flipper I might assume might do so to emphasize an obvious foul and would not be noticed. The dishonorable ones would rather win games through deceit than ability.

The strategy to it is rather interesting.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

[video=youtube;hofst6YUktQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hofst6YUktQ[/video]

 

[Jan van Leyden]

It doesn't occur that often anymore in pro-level soccer. It used to be a common trick to stop the game for a minute or two, hoping to save the current result of the match.

Nowadays referee and official timekeeper take care to add the time lost to the game in the end, so it doesn't work as good. Floppers are brought to the outside of the field and can put on whatever show they like; their team will play with one player less.

And, of course, it's a culutral thing. Italians do it all the time, while the tough Germans and Brits just continue to play with lacerations and broken noses.

 

[Grehnhewe]

[video=youtube;hofst6YUktQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=hofst6YUktQ[/video]

hee hee...bron bron