I think it'd be a lot easier to do when only taking into account challenges where the player goes to ground, as with tripping you can hide it a bit by extending your leg for the ball while standing, knowing you're not getting it but making it look natural enough that it can be passed off as a genuine effort.
I played in the Welsh prem for a few years and saw challenges like today plenty, especially at the end of a game where everyone is tired. Usually when a young forward was going past a grizzled CB. I've honestly never seen anyone fight over a challenge like the one today. If there was more of a connection, maybe? But a challenge like this no one would bat their eye. It was a cloggers league though