I have a theory that he became momentarily possessed by the spirit of a unicorn and decided he should try to clash horns with Mueller who he also saw as a unicorn.
Or, my alternate theory is that soccer players just have it so completely beaten into their heads that they cannot ever use their hands and so when a situation comes up where... normal people? might shove someone, they headbutt, because they forget they have hands. But that makes me think too much about what they'd do in the sack...
Hmm. Possible. Very possible. I think you should test this hypothesis and let me know your findings...
Hard to feel bad about Mueller diving, though, when Pepe's team has the King Of All Soccer Play-Acting, Cristiano Ronaldo. That guy could win Olympic Diving medals. So yeah, you'd think Pepe would know how it works and not let himself get pissy about it.
NYU has a passable women's soccer team. I will be sure to do some reconnaissance.
Ronaldo was disappointing that game, but I can say the same for the rest of the Portuguese team. They let Germany dominate from the get-go and curbed their chances for future matches. Embarrassing.
At the least, they made Spain feel better about that team's earlier performance.
Yeah, at least Ronaldo had the excuse of being injured. No way he would have played if it hadn't been a World Cup Finals game. At least the rest of the team was supposedly match-fit.
Oh my gosh! A professional soccer/football player playacting to try and get the ref to call a penalty on the opposing team? Color me shocked!
Seriously. Men's football is a freaking joke compared to women's and yet it gets all the attention. The guys fall down and grasp their legs or ankle or whatever after every single contact and get all whiny. You know what the women do? They get back up and they go back to playing. And they play rough! You remember the Japanese team during the Olympics? Those women are vicious in the best possible way.
Pepe's just an egocentric diva. It's a trait shared among the majority of European footballers.
There wasn't even any bait! Muller was sitting there like all the guys do after they've been bumped and Pepe had gone away with the ball. He wasn't baited he just wanted to be a jerk.
You feel like screaming at the tv during BRA v MEX tonight? I'm making popcorn.
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Date: 2014-06-16 08:51 pm (UTC)Or, my alternate theory is that soccer players just have it so completely beaten into their heads that they cannot ever use their hands and so when a situation comes up where... normal people? might shove someone, they headbutt, because they forget they have hands. But that makes me think too much about what they'd do in the sack...
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Date: 2014-06-16 08:58 pm (UTC)Mueller was completely play-acting. Pepe let himself be goaded.
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Date: 2014-06-16 09:05 pm (UTC)Hard to feel bad about Mueller diving, though, when Pepe's team has the King Of All Soccer Play-Acting, Cristiano Ronaldo. That guy could win Olympic Diving medals. So yeah, you'd think Pepe would know how it works and not let himself get pissy about it.
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Date: 2014-06-17 12:25 pm (UTC)Ronaldo was disappointing that game, but I can say the same for the rest of the Portuguese team. They let Germany dominate from the get-go and curbed their chances for future matches. Embarrassing.
At the least, they made Spain feel better about that team's earlier performance.
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Date: 2014-06-17 01:38 pm (UTC)Yeah, at least Ronaldo had the excuse of being injured. No way he would have played if it hadn't been a World Cup Finals game. At least the rest of the team was supposedly match-fit.
Ah, maybe that was their intention all along!
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Date: 2014-06-17 08:03 am (UTC)Seriously. Men's football is a freaking joke compared to women's and yet it gets all the attention. The guys fall down and grasp their legs or ankle or whatever after every single contact and get all whiny. You know what the women do? They get back up and they go back to playing. And they play rough! You remember the Japanese team during the Olympics? Those women are vicious in the best possible way.
Pepe's just an egocentric diva. It's a trait shared among the majority of European footballers.
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Date: 2014-06-17 12:19 pm (UTC)I agree that women's soccer is much more entertaining. Too many mindgames on the men's side and not enough actual playing.
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Date: 2014-06-17 12:33 pm (UTC)You feel like screaming at the tv during BRA v MEX tonight? I'm making popcorn.
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Date: 2014-06-17 02:05 pm (UTC)I'll bring the Pao de Queijo so we can celebrate correctly.
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Date: 2014-06-17 01:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-17 01:43 am (UTC)and yet they STILL managed to beat Croatia. 3:1. Not a good showing, Croatia. Not at all.
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Date: 2014-06-17 07:54 am (UTC)