I see your point Maserschmidt, but having watched both teams for a couple of years now, I honestly think Real Madrid is currently a much cleaner team, at least when it comes to diving. When it comes to fouling, probably not.
I suspect Pepe was actually making fun of Ribéry in that clip, imitating his dramatics.
I hope Bayern play fair in the final. They are so talented that they should be able to win it without cheating.
Ha! You don’t see either of them writhing in pain like Ronaldo!
I actually agree with you about Robben, by the way, his flopping is Klinsmann-esque, which is one of the reasons I’d just as soon he not be on the squad. Well…that, and the fact that you can sometimes see him waving in frustration at the other players when they don’t feed him the ball fast enough. And the fact that he seem to be hurt a lot. And the fact that he looks like Picard. But the flopping seems to go hand-in-hand with his prima donna nature.
I suspect Ribery’s flopping is almost defensive sometimes, because he so often initiates contact. I have a harder time disliking someone who throws himself into the game the way he does.
PS I do get what you mean, by-tor. I had a hard time watching Bayern when von Bommel was on the pitch, since he managed to both bully and flop, plus whine a lot.