Just playing devil's advocate here, but as much as I dislike dislike, the argument the "continentals" give is that it is only as bad as making a tactical foul, which is so often stated as being "clever" by pundits and the like over here. In the same way, diving is seen elsewhere in europe and in south america as being exactly that, clever. Its quite hypocritical of us to take issue with one form of cheating, while praising the other. I'm not a fan of either, and there is something degrading about both, but to an extent both are excepted in one footballing culture and slated in the other.
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