Having your leg kicked and trying to keep your balance before falling is not a dive. If tripping someone in the box is not a penalty then you are quite right.
No further proof needed….
He tried to go down and achieved it. The giveaway is straightening his trailing leg. So commonplace in the PL that people have forgotten it is actually cheating. See the Harry Kane handbook for winning penalties.
He exaggerated the fall AFTER he had his leg kicked away
It’s about opinions I guess. I saw the so called contact as a dive as well. Then followed by exaggerated losing balance of his other leg,
Yep, for such a young 'nation' too, it's really impressive.
I too thought - initially - it was a dive as it looks like he has performed the classic tumble, but after seeing it from a number of angles it is clear the defender simultaneously caught his leg and pulled his arm.
Yup... same here with the bronze in 1994. Ask pretty much any 40+ year old Swede about their best/happiest summer, pretty much everyone is going to say 1994.
Obviously first place and then a final is better. But many other sport team competitions have this structure and i think it is worth celebrating. Should it be for every competition? No.
