The Jacques Cousteau Awards: For outstanding services to diving, flopping and simulation
During Barca and Real’s bitter La Liga rivalry last term, we were treated to several Clásico collapses from the two men who would later adorn the posters advertising a Barcelona theatre group’s acting classes; Pepe and Sergio Busquets. Of the melodramatic duo, Pepe is arguably the cheekier offender, since he is much more likely to dish out the kind of treatment he pretends he has been subjected to. Among his most brazen offences was a clutch of his face last January, followed by much writhing in distress, after Cesc Fabregas had barely brushed the adidas logo on his shirt.
