Newcastle midfielder Miguel Almiron was sent off for Paraguay on Thursday night during a friendly against Serbia.
Almiron was given an early shower after two yellow cards, with the second coming for simulation – the second time he has been booked for diving this week.
Twitter: Miguel Almiron has just been sent off for Paraguay in their friendly against Serbia #NUFC https://t.co/oZVlupnisC https://t.co/Meqy1P3K1P (@ChronicleNUFC)
These Newcastle fans reacted to his red card…
Hate seeing it…
Twitter: @ChronicleNUFC Not surprised he fives all the time and I hate seeing that even from our own (@NeilDonachie)
Again…
Twitter: @ChronicleNUFC Diving again ? (@shawt1974)
Any chance?
Twitter: @ChronicleNUFC Diving by any chance ? (@plproud)
What’s he doing?
Twitter: @ChronicleNUFC What’s he doing ? (@KierenW6)
Shot to bits…
Twitter: @ChronicleNUFC His head must be shot to bits hahaha (@BillyNellisV2)
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Almiron has now been booked three times for diving for club and country this season. For context, that is three times as many goals he has scored for club and country in 2019.
The attacking midfielder is struggling to produce on the pitch and is resorting to dives in order to win fouls, and failing at that as well. He needs to cut out the deception from his game and start concentrating on improving his end product, instead of trying to con referees.
