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Booche Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) For those of you who need Cole's Notes regarding this years World Cup: During the first 32 games, there were 302 players who could be seen at some point rolling around in pain, crumpling into a fetal position or lying lifeless on the pitch as the referee stopped the match. These theatrical episodes ate up a total of 132 minutes of clock, a metric we have decided to call "writhing time." To be fair, it is actually possible to get hurt playing soccer. You can clang heads. You can snap a hamstring. You can get spiked in the soft tissue. There were nine injuries in total that forced players to be substituted from the game and to miss, or potentially miss, a match. These were discarded. That left 293 cases of potential embellishment that collectively took up 118 minutes, 21 seconds. Here are the "winners" of our first-ever international soccer injury-embellishment awards. Envelopes, please! The Team Most Commonly Seen in Anguish: Brazil. There were 17 incidents in two games when a member of the Seleção was seen on the ground in pain—the most of any country. World Cup poster boy Neymar had five such "injuries," the most on his team. In every case he was back on his feet within 15 seconds. The Overall Writhing-Time Champions: Honduras. Los Catrachos spent the most time on the ground or being tended to by trainers: seven minutes and 40 seconds to be exact. Naturally, five minutes and 10 seconds of that came in the first half against France when the match was tied (which would have been good enough for them). The Team Most Likely to Grin and Bear it: Bosnia and Herzegovina. These World Cup newbies obviously don't get how this works. They only had two "injuries" in two games for a total of 24 seconds of writhing time. The Team With the Most Carnage in One Game: Chile. While they protected an early lead against Spain, the Chileans tallied 11 "injuries," more than 24 other teams had in two games. The Fastest "Injury" Yet: Enner Valencia, Ecuador. Against Honduras, Valencia was on the ground, clutching his leg after four seconds. Worst Use of a Stretcher: 5 players (tie) Of the nine players carried off in these matches, five returned—all in less than 90 seconds, including American DaMarcus Beasley. Edited June 25, 2014 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Low Roller Posted July 6, 2014 Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 I can't figure out whether Robben is a diving douchebag or an elite player... he seems to want to be both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Davey Boy 2.0 Posted July 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 I see Chelsea have replaced the homepage of their website simply with the words "Caveat emptor" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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