Con man Maicon (surpassed by Gamst Pedersen)

Maicon is a great player, but I have to wonder about these guys...do they have no pride whatsover? Or is soccer morphing into professional wrestling...?
Note - that Maicon video has somehow become corrupted since I first posted it, and his indignation about not getting the foul is no longer so clearly visible in the snippet (see for yourself here) Instead, I now offer the even more sensational audacity of Morten Gamst Pedersen;