I watched, what I think was an under 21 soccer match between Argentina and Bolivia last night. Maybe even younger as soccer players go, and I was fascinated at the diving and dramatic writhing. I have played soccer over the years and have been trodden on or tripped or whatever in the running. A hefty American once bruised my rib, but I can’t remember writhing on the deck. I have watched high school soccer and seen very little writhing. It looks quite fun but if you want to keep going writhing gets in the way. In some way it looks like the lads came out to have a good writhe but in between realized they had to kick the ball about a bit. Play the game. For appearances. I don’t think I am being unfeeling: 90% of the time the poor wounded man hobbles a moment, then runs around like nothing happened. In fact I think it would be a great tactic to just keep going: Maradona seemed to do this, just when the opponents think “O this is when he will have a bit of a writhe,” up he gets and runs on, and did all those marvelous things he did. Like scoring.
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