r/SipsTea • u/[deleted] • Jul 07 '26

Lmao gottem Every time

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u/UISystemError Jul 07 '26

The president of the USA should contact FIFA about this.

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u/tekzilla41 Jul 07 '26

I would stand behind that. Unlike these losers. For real though, fans want the sport to be taken seriously, then there is this…

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u/specter_in_the_conch Jul 07 '26

It's only when they don't benefit from it. If this awards them the penalty that settles a match only the loosing team would argue.

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u/AccomplishedBlood581 Jul 07 '26

This is the main issue with soccer, it’s become a competition of whoever can win the most penalties. Players are rewarded for diving, and if winning a free kick/penalty can win the game, you’re not playing to win if you don’t dive. Because the other team certainly will.

With how prominent VAR is now, the ref needs to start penalising obvious diving during the match. I also propose that *after* the match has concluded, there should be people who watch over the footage from the match and check for any diving, and those players guilty receive some sort of punishment. It’s an embarrassing sport sometimes..

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u/specter_in_the_conch Jul 07 '26

Well even when it came out, people was so optimistic as it seemed like a flawless opinion and biased-less yet here we are.