Not a dive - Spanish footballer accused of cheating suffers serious injury
Poor David Pascual Ruiz has had a tough week.
When this footage from a game between Celtic and Valencia surfaced online, many viewers - including this site - originally took it to be a dive.
Seeing the Spaniard go down without any contact from the Celtic player, it looked like a very cynical simulation to stop the Scottish side scoring.
“Worst dive ever” was the general consensus.
Turns out we were all wrong.
His club confirmed last night that Pascual Ruiz suffered a serious injury and will be out for six months recovering from surgery on his cruciate ligament as a result.
Our young player @David_Ruiz7 is injured and will be out for six months. What about an apology? https://t.co/rptcGsFjDP
— Valencia CF (@valenciacf) February 11, 2016
Apologies for the accusations of diving David - and best wishes with the recovery.
📷 Layhoon felicitó al VCF Juvenil y deseó una pronta recuperación a @David_Ruiz7 ➡ https://t.co/mDGRpzRxGk pic.twitter.com/3zr3tPauf8
— Valencia CF (@valenciacf) February 12, 2016
