Please, enlighten me as to where I condone Hazard's first half behaviour? That's not really the issue at hand here INITIALLY. The point is the ball boy is being praised for being a pussy. He is being praised for making the most of it. Hazard was not praised in the first half for his actions, and...
And to think now your year 7 students will see that if you use the 'cheating culture', you're actually going to prosper, rewarded, and gain a bit of a hero cult status in your 15 minutes of fame. That feigning injury and being a pussy is praised as a hero.
He kicks the ball, not the boy in the...
Here is what actually happened:
Ball goes out of play, ball boy retrieves ball however decides to hold on to it and time waste. Hazard, noticing this, goes to retrieve to get the ball. However, the ball boy decides to start a ruck and lie on top of the ball (thus wasting time). After waiting a...