gladbach's loss is the perfect illustration for why flopping and simulating is unfortunately necessary in today's football: clear foul on stindl, who stupidly tried to stay on his feet, leads to a loss of possession, no whistle. immediately after that a small contact on a turkish player, who goes down like he was shot. freekick, goal, gladbach eliminated.
sure, sommer's outrageous mistake, gladbach wasting great goalscoring opportunities, and a clear handball penalty the idiot ref missed didn't help, but this one minute neatly summed up why there is so much ridiculous playacting on the pitch these days.