In soccer’s seasons of the pandemic, any contact in the penalty area is now accompanied by shrieks and howls to make sure the referee knows someone has been manhandled, brutalized, or deeply aggrieved
If a player falls on a soccer pitch and no one is in the stands to hear it, does he make a sound?
This is the vexing question that the English Premier League has unintentionally explored for half the year. And after six months of empirical study, the answer is a resounding, echoing yes. . And while surround-sound appeals to the ref are nothing new on their own, the lack of 40,000 fans pleading their case has amplified them like never before.
Inside the Premier League’s empty stadiums, their cries cut through the quiet like a toddler in an art gallery. “I’m not talking about gamesmanship that has been there forever. You get tripped in the box and go down,” Burnley manager Sean Dyche said. “But now you have blatant cheating, you have blatant feigning of injury, people squealing and screaming.”
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