A sad indictment of modern football that all the cheating and diving has been allowed to flourish for a number of years now, so much so that it's just accepted and you even hear the pundits say he felt a touch and had every right to go down. it generally only gets highlighted in incidents like last evening yet it goes on allover the pitch in various forms and nobody bothers or does anything about it.
what's truly sad is that where once a player ran into the box, ball at feet with a view to a pass or shot on goal they now do it looking for an excuse to fall over and in many cases manufacture the contact by putting their leg to the opponents.
I detest Var but it would not of mattered if it was there or not last evening, the Ref was looking directly at the incident and gave the Penalty but the TV companies would still be showing it from many angles to induce the controversy and give the pundits air time to blame the officials either way as has been the case for many years.
As a Nation we are cock a hoop having finally reached a final after all those years but i can't help feeling that the powers that be have denied a full and true celebration by how they've allowed the win at all costs mentality to thrive.
The Final has the makings of being a cracker please let Football be the winner.
Come On England