When your place on the World Cup is on the line, players will try anything.
Aleksandar Mitrovic took a tumble in the penalty box when his side were 3-2 down against Switzerland in a bid to get his side back on level terms.
The Fulham striker felt a tug on his shoulder and went down. However, his reaction was a little delayed and quite clearly a dive.
The referee waved away his appeals and play carried on.
talkSPORT co-commentator Courtney Sweetman-Kirk said: “Mitrovic is silly there. From that position, I don’t know why he’s playing for a penalty. He’s seven yards out.
talkSPORT commentator Adam Bridge added: “That’s an outrageous dive.”
The Serbia subs felt differently, however, and ran onto the pitch to remonstrate to the referee.
Had they seen the replays they may have felt differently about the incident.
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