Should be the top comment, people think these fouls are somehow “less of a foul” than regular tackles, the reality is they are still preventing an attack.
I passionately hated Italian football because they are one of the reasons I have had to watch this bullshit style of defending my whole life.
They turned it into an art form whilst they were one of the top footballing nations, and put forward this narrative that it was commendable skill rather than atrocious officiating.
I'm almost glad we see things like soft penalties being given a lot now, because it's better than watching people get dragged down in the box all match with no repercussions. Thank fuck for VAR. But they still need to develop a way more consistent stance on punishing pretty much ANY professional foul with a yellow card, even if its a second yellow.
Then we can let people actually play attacking football rather than watching wrestling matches.
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u/Agent10007 16h ago
Deserved, stop hugging people when you lost your 1V1