RussellEbertHandball
Flick pass expert
Countries where the other more physical contact football/sports codes are bigger than soccer don't get it, and that's why soccer will struggle to be the number 1 sport.There's two issues, first Aussies don't understand the rules because many only tune in every 4 years. Also, as you say, diving doesn't work with the Aussie sporting belief set. Some other nations think of it as a skill.
Oz - footy and rugby league
NZ - rugby union
SAF - rugby union ...... although as black population become more wealthier that changes
Pacific Island nations - rugby union
USA - Gridiron and Ice Hockey
Canada - Ice Hockey and Gridiron
Japan and South Korea baseball used to be number 1 but that's a non contact sport so it was easier for soccer to become accepted as the number 1 sport and this sort of contact to become accepted.