Scisca said:
Most people don't even know the rules, so I don't care what the majority thinks. If that was 5 meters away from you, then no wonder you didn't see that foul. He didn't hit him, but he was sliding in the space where his feet were and made him step on him. All this with missing the ball completely. That's a foul, these are the rules - that's why a sliding tackle is so dangerous for the defender, especially in the box. I'm not saying it was fair or in accordance with the spirit of the game - I'm not judging that. But it was a foul according to the rules. The striker doesn't have to carry on just because he has a chance, especially if he got thrown off balance. |
nah bro,
if you only see it from one side that might look like that to you, but fact is Costa moved his left foot waaaaay to the left after he already secured the ball to deliberately hit the sliding defender (who was waaay to the left of him) (look at the top gif http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=6414449 )
that's a dive and a mighty well performed one, I'll give you that
your "people don't know the rules blablabla" stuff is misplaced here though