Five worst dives in football

Diving (or ‘simulation’ as it is now known as) is an unfortunate part of the beautiful game. Too often we see players go down too easily just looking for the foul. Some players indulge in it more than others, but almost every player has dived at some point of his career.

Keeping that in mind, let’s take a look at what I rate as 5 of the worst dives in recent memory. Bear in mind that diving is a bit of a common practice so picking out 5 of the worst incidents is somewhat easy yet hard at the same time. Bear in mind that the numbering does not represent a ranking system:

1) Sergio Busquets vs. Inter Milan, 28th April 2010 – The first incident that brought Busquets into the limelight for all the wrong reasons. The Barcelona midfielder went down in pain after Thiago Motta supposedly raised an arm that caught him in the face. As a result, Motta was shown a second yellow card and was sent off. However, replays suggested there was very little contact and one camera grab even showed Busquets playing ‘peek-a-boo’ to see if the referee bought his dive or not. Busquets was slammed by various media outlets for his act of cheating that eventually turned the tie in Barcelona’s favour.