It is because diving can win you games, which is by far and away the most important thing at the professional level. By diving in the middle of the park and going down like your leg exploded you can definitely shifts a ref mindset of 1. The player who fouled you and 2. How he is calling the game. This can eventually lead to a distinct advantage for your team through a red card/foul in or around the box. I feel diving is especially common in HUGE games (UCL or league title implications) or huge mismatches where one team is really going to have almost 0 good goal scoring opportunites.
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It is because diving can win you games, which is by far and away the most important thing at the professional level. By diving in the middle of the park and going down like your leg exploded you can definitely shifts a ref mindset of 1. The player who fouled you and 2. How he is calling the game. This can eventually lead to a distinct advantage for your team through a red card/foul in or around the box. I feel diving is especially common in HUGE games (UCL or league title implications) or huge mismatches where one team is really going to have almost 0 good goal scoring opportunites.