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Originally Posted by Rick
Then everyone who has ever been guilty of a hand ball or even a foul is a cheater. Rules are broken in every game by almost every player. He broke a rule and received the proper punishment under the rules. By contrast, Torsten Frings did exactly the same thing against the USA in the 2002 quarterfinals -- and got away with it! -- yet I've never heard people yell "Cheater! Cheater!" every time his name is mentioned.
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There are rules, absolutely right. But there are also fair play, pride and honor in the game of football. There are acts broke the rules but not the fair play, pride or honor but there also incidents broke all of them.
A player made a goal in a empty goal with his a s s.
There was a team who kicked the ball out of the field every time their player reach opponent's area in order to avoid their team making a goal (read: win the game) just to choose certain team in the next phase (group stages game that decided which opponent they face in the next phase). And after the opponent made a goal, this team started to play football again (read: tried to make a goal again).
Last but not least, there was a team who made an own goal purposely (the sad part is that they made the goal with good team work from their players). For what? To lose the game (or to avoid to win the game).
Those are examples that shows, in football it is is not only about winning or 'winning' the game. As said, there are fair play, pride and honor beside rules.