Players who dive should be sent off rather than shown a yellow card, says Fifa vice-president Jim Boyce. "A dive is something that needs to be looked at and punished more severely than it is at the present time," Boyce told BBC World Have Your Say.
However, the Northern Irishman said he would not back the use of video technology to prove a player had dived.
"I think cheating has to be eradicated from the game," said Boyce, who did not refer to the Netherlands Arjen Robben directly.
"If it is absolutely no question whatsoever that it is a dive, I think perhaps Fifa have to look at whether that should be a red-card offence."
But Boyce said calls to use video technology to prove that a player has dived should be resisted, insisting the referee should make the decision.
"I believe that we don't want to ruin our game by bringing in a lot more technology," he said.
