Torres dive

[Andriy.EFC]

First time I've seen such a well-choreographed piece to get a player sent off

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

cheating cross-dressing shitebag, and I'm being polite, thought it at the time now I'm certain.

 

[quasi modo]

You come to expect it with that shithouse.

 

[Bigloco]

that dive literally made me shut off the set and go rake leaves in my back yard. I thought Chile was going to be left out of group play for sure.

 

[Dutch Toffee]

The Dutch commentator said of the incident: "It was a right decision to give him a red card, as Torres isn't the player to take a dive. Fcuking moron!

* The above of course translated from Dutch into English.*

 

[bluebloodinmyveins]

Shame he wasnt taken down by a sniper.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

to be fair to him though, I imagine it must be hard running in womens underwear with a butt-plug in.

 

[artetas sock]

Grassy knoll????

 

[Columbia6]

I have no idea what the hell people here are talking about. Torres was clipped by the Chilean defender, the player himself stumbles slightly at the same moment because of the contact. Torres's right leg is touched while he's running at full pelt, which causes it to hit his standing leg as it comes around. It's not a dive.

The sending off was a complete idiocy, but to say that it was a deliberate ploy is purely based in what people want to see because he's a RS.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

you speak as if he stumbled and did everything to stay on his feet, he went down faster than Rafael's mar on Franco

 

[Huey]

The Chilean's knee hits Torres's foot causing him to tangle up his legs and go down. Definitely a foul.

If the ref thinks it was intential at all then a booking is the right decision.

 

[Andriy.EFC]

I have no idea what the hell people here are talking about. Torres was clipped by the Chilean defender, the player himself stumbles slightly at the same moment because of the contact. Torres's right leg is touched while he's running at full pelt, which causes it to hit his standing leg as it comes around. It's not a dive.

The sending off was a complete idiocy, but to say that it was a deliberate ploy is purely based in what people want to see because he's a RS.

I am looking at the gif in slow motion. There is no contact!

 

[Huey]

you speak as if he stumbled and did everything to stay on his feet, he went down faster than Rafael's mar on Franco

Try to keep running full speed after getting your legs kicked together. Tough to stumble out of that one.

 

[Huey]

I am looking at the gif in slow motion. There is no contact!

There is clearly contact! Watch the sideways movement of his right foot and leg.

 

[Andriy.EFC]

Still looking at it in slow motion, and still not seeing contact. Movement looks coordinated. I'd really like to see where this contact is!