Football Cheat #3 - diving

Diving is an established part of the professional football game. I'm sure that some clubs encourage and perhaps even coach diving. Diving only ever seems to happen in or near the penalty area, never in the player's own half. The aim is to gain a free kick (or penalty) in a position near the goal to enable a free-kick specialist to have a shot. It often happens near the end of a game when a team is losing and wants tp rescue the result.