Former Manchester United defender http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gary-Neville-c14447 claims that diving has become an integral part of football and that there are always players in every team that go down easily under a challenge.
Diving or play-acting has incurred the wrath of opponents and supports alike in recent years, which has seen a rise in the much condemned action.
Some of the most in-famous players in the world utilize this tactic to get the better of their rivals on the pitch and for the majority of the time they succeed in doing so, despite the presence of several officials.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 have gathered scathing criticism in the past few years due to their antics on the field, which have led the Blaugrana to victory on many occasions.
While diving is punishable by football laws, it is quite hard to discriminate between an actual foul and play acting while watching it in real time, leaving referees to often make wrong decisions.
Manchester United are well known as one of the most spirited teams in the world and while their resilience has capitulated football lovers across the globe, the Red Devils have been in embroiled in controversy recently, with their winger Ashley Young successfully
pulling off two dives in a row to gain penalties against Wigan and Aston Villa respectively.
Even Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Ferguson, who is a staunch protector of his squad, claimed that the player had gone down too easily and that it should not really have been a penalty.
Now former United captain Gary Neville has made his opinion public and claimed that diving had become synonymous with the modern game.
"Every dressing room in the country will have a group of players who are told that when there's contact in the box or they get touched, you've got to go down. Whether we like it or not, whether it depresses the people at home, if you want the truth then
that is the fact,” he said.
"Ashley Young absolutely made the most of it, he goes to ground easily, dives - whatever expression you are comfortable with using, Ashley Young did to win that penalty.”
Ashley Young has tarnished his once fine reputation due to his play-acting and given how things are going, it is highly likely that he could be booked for diving in his next game, even if it is a legitimate claim for a foul.
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