There was a time when we used to sneer at the antics deployed by South American nations, or the histrionics on show in La Liga, wondering how supporters put up with all the play-acting, but everyone’s at it now, including – and let’s not kid ourselves – England players. “Shithousery” is the word that gets bandied around these days. Others will know it simply as cheating and, sadly, it’s the one cloud that hangs over an otherwise brilliant World Cup in Russia.
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Written by Stuart James in Moscow
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/04/cloud-hanging-world-cup-fifa-england-colombia under the title “There is a cloud hanging over this World Cup and Fifa must not ignore it | Stuart James”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
