Understanding Diving In Football, Examples, And Goals

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YOGYAKARTA Many football players do not understand the meaning of diving in football. Sometimes diving is done unconsciously and leads to a warning or punishment from the referee for the players who do it in the match. The following is an explanation related to diving in football.

As is known, football does not only rely on techniques but also tricks. One of the tricks used is diving.

The term diving is an English term which means saving'. However, the term undergoes a shift in meaning in the context of football, which is a footballer trick that is done intentionally to appear/as if/a result like/to look like it has fallen to the pain. Diving is done when the perpetrator gets contact from the opposing footballer.

The highest football authority in the world of FIFA describes, diving is an attempt made by players to cheat by dropping themselves on the ground and then displaying expressions of pain, as if the cause was an opposing player who had contact with him.

The question then is what diving is allowed in football? The answer is no. Even this trick is prohibited by FIFA. Football players who cheat referees by diving will be punished in the form of yellow cards.

The dive trick has actually been done in football for a long time. The player who is considered the pioneer of this trick is Juergen Klinsmann, the legendary German national team striker who brought Der Panzer out as the winner of the 1990 World Cup and Euro 1996.

Juergen Klinsmann even got the nickname Mr. Diving. It started during the 1990 World Cup final in Italy. At that time Germany faced Argentina. In the final match which was held at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Germany was overwhelmed against Argentina.

The match went into the last 10 minutes of the second half, but Germany continued to fail to penetrate the Argentine defense. In Germany's attack, Klinsmann managed to get the ball to the left of the Argentine defense and tried to approach the opponent's penalty box.

Klinsmann then faced the Argentine defender Pedro Monzon who launched the tackle. Monzon was seen swinging his feet quite high, and on that occasion Klinsmann suddenly fell and screamed in pain and rolled around in the field.

The incident made the atmosphere dramatic. Referee Edgardo Codesal from Mexico, who at that time led the match, then gave Monzon a red card.

On the other hand, in the replay showing the incident, it appears that Klinsmann jumped first when Monzon launched his tackle. Meanwhile, Pedro Monzon was forced off the field to put Germany ahead in terms of the number of players from Argentina. Germany was also able to win the game shortly after the Klinsmann dive action.

Since then Klinsmann has been named "Mr. Diving".

Diving tricks are done to get certain benefits that benefit one team. These benefits can be in the form of free kicks, penalty kicks, and provokes referees to issue red cards for opposing players.

Fortunately, currently diving can be anticipated by using VAR technology or Video Assistant Referee. VAR's way of working is also very sophisticated. This technology is used to help referees monitor the players' movements in the match.

The benefits of VAR are also to help referees make decisions in crucial events, including diving in football. When diving is carried out, and VAR is able to help the referee analyze the incident, the referee is expected to be able to properly impose sanctions on diving perpetrators.

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