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Daniel Nannskog on faking injuries: "A damned mischief"

9/18/2023, 9:24:02 PM

Highlights: Fotbollsstudion want teams to stop faking injuries to get time for tactical talk. An example of a situation where a player lies down to get the referee to blow off came in the match between AIK and Degerfors. "It feels like a damned mischief. I really don't like it," says SVT Sport's expert Daniel Nannskog in Fotboll'sstudion. Watch the experts in the Football Studio discuss the topic in the player above.

That teams fake injuries to get time for tactical talk is something that has become an everyday occurrence in football. Now the experts at Fotbollsstudion want that to change. "It feels like a damned mischief. I really don't like it. says SVT Sports expert Daniel Nannskog in Fotbollsstudion.


An example of a situation where a player lies down to get the referee to blow off came in the match between AIK and Degerfors. After a period where AIK had it a little heavier, AIK's goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt lay down on the grass and shouted at the referee, despite the fact that only seconds earlier he had seemingly moved unhindered. A situation that SVT Sport's expert Daniel Nannskog reacted strongly to.

"You can make tactical changes to get rid of the 'flow' that I actually thought Degerfors was in," he says.

Watch the experts in the Football Studio discuss the topic in the player above.