By Alan Duffy
Now this is rather interesting. The Wall Street Journal has produced a fascinating chart based on how long players in the 2014 World Cup have spent rolling around on the pitch feigning injury.
Now this is rather interesting. The Wall Street Journal has produced a fascinating chart based on how long players in the 2014 World Cup have spent rolling around on the pitch feigning injury.
Based on the first 32 games of Brazil 2014, the rankings have Brazil on top courtesy of their 17 injuries and three minutes 18 seconds of ‘writhing time’. Although it is Honduras who have been kings of the writhers, racking up seven minutes and 40 seconds in apparent agony on the floor.
England find themselves towards the bottom (the good end) of the rankings with seven injuries and three minutes eight seconds of histrionics. However, Bosnia-Herzegovina are the toughest and most honest of them all, apparently!
Here’s a link to the full article which explains how the whole thing was calculated.
(via: Wall Street Journal)