Eduardo ‘Probe’ a Complete Joke
Posted by Steve Fales | Posted in Champions League, World Soccer | Posted: August 28, 2009 at 3:30 pm
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Next week, UEFA will look into an incident that took place in the second qualifying leg between Arsenal and Celtic at the Emirates. In the first half Eduardo found himself clear of the defense and one-on-one with the keeper. Celtic keeper Artur Boruc dove in and knocked the Croat to the ground. Or so it seemed. Upon further review, it turns out the Polish national keeper didn’t make any contact whatsoever. Eduardo clearly dove. Whether he dove on anticipation of the tackle, or planned on going down regardless, cannot be known. UEFA looking into this particular case is rather mis-guided though. Diving is a problem in football, we all know that. But if UEFA do, in fact, enforce a two match ban for Eduardo based on this incident, they will give themselves an awful lot of pressure for the remainder of the season. Every single dive will be ridiculed and reviewed. This also brings about a whole myriad of other questions. Does this mean that every dive will go under review by UEFA? Or just those that lead to penalties?
To be honest, I feel that a fine would be more appropriate in cases like these. Suspending every player who dives for two matches would making quite a bold statement. A statement UEFA might not be ready to back up. Do they really want to review every diving incident that takes place? That is what will be expected of them, at least. Either way, I expect this problem to dissipate, without any proper action. It would be a big decision that would indicate the true intentions of UEFA, as well as the extent of their intentions to eradicate diving on the European stage, something I am all for. However, picking out one player in order to inflict a penalty that is clearly an overreaction is not the answer in my eyes.
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i agree complete over-reaction to one incident of something that happens all the time but its just wenger trying to defend him thats making it embarresing for arsenal. if they want to crack down on diving though this is the way to go and somebody always has to be the first victim of a new rule.
It’s not going to set any precedents because Eduardo is an Arsenal player and there’s one rule for Arsenal and one rule for everyone else. They will throw the book at Eduardo but turn a blind eye to Rooney, Drogba, Ronaldo, Gerrard and every other footballer who dives and cheats.
Sorry Steve but I completely disagree and applaud UEFA on their stance,This will make players think twice about trying to dupe officials into giving penalties or get opponents sent off.I would also like to congratulate Gordon Smith of the SFA for highlighting this issue to UEFA,look up kyle lafferty & ask yourself- what level of cheating should go unpunished?
OK mate if this is a new rule I’ll accept it. Let’s see how consistent this new rule is being deployed – I mean -the media coverage of the new regulation and it’s intend has been no less than overwhelming.
So- Ronaldo’s, Gerrard’s, Rooney’s, Drogba’s …. you will get no more than 15 games this season so at least you will be rested when you get a chance to play …
Giving a ban on this one would be the worst own goal by Uefa seen for a long time – and they make a lot of those …
This is an absolute disgrace. Eduardo did dive but this happens in practically every top flight game now. If EUFA punish Eduardo by banning him, then they will have to punish everyone who dives in the same way. Imagine the affect this will have on La Liga, Seria A & The Premiership.
Guys, Just check out the rule, Boric did not touch the ball, it appears as if he was only trying to play the man, and having come back from that Horrific injury, who would not try to evade the on-rushing keeper. So if Eduardo had allowed Boric to crush his now repaired leg, I suppose that would have been perfectly acceptable, and of course purely accidental! Let us pray that this new course of action is followed to the letter.
All defenders who raise there arm to claim a offside, when none has happened are deceiving the ref. 2 match ban ? Wont happen. Goal keeper was watching the player not the ball. Goal keeper tryed to pull out off challange when he thought player would not score. Goal keeper makes contact with his belly / chest, inside the box with player foot. Player looses control stubs his toe into ground a falls, due to this contact. No intent but under rules penalty. Ref still says it was a penalty & contact was made. No Arsenal player called for a penalty or surrounded the ref. So how were they decieving the ref. If video evidence technology is good enough to use in this instance. Why in no other? Get real this is a witch hunt by the English press, to discredit a Crotian striker before the World cup match. Contact inside the box without getting the ball = Penalty. Whats the fuss?
I agree diving and cheating need to be eradicated. We’ve known this for years. If UEFA want to introduce a new rule, I support it whole-heartedyly. But they need to make the rule and apply it before a season starts, not in reaction to a single, far from isolated event. If they’re going to use tv retrospectively, will Vidic get a suspension for chinig an opporent last week. Ref didn’t see it, the tv eye did.bring in the rule. Announce it. But do it during the close season and, as others have suggested, apply it consistently.
What about the two games fabrigas has to miss due to their spirit of the game leg crunching.
Why don’t we get our lawyers on the case like chelsea do every time the FA or UEFA try it on. They seem to piss their pants when clubs get their lawyers involved.
We can then get video evedence of every dive that remains unpunished and ask why we have been made an exception of?
Save for one, the rest of you have any idea what you are talking about…
UEFA have already imposed this “new” rule twice:
1. A Lithuanian striker was banned two matches after diving in a Euro 2008 qualifier versus Scotland (2007)
2. Kyle Lafferty was banned two matches for feigning injury last season during an SPL fixture (2008/09)
Read something once in awhile
GunnerX said on 28-08-2009
One small problem with your theory is the little smile that Eduardo pulled that was caught by the camera behind the goal. Eduardo knew exactly what he was doing. I truly hope that this is the start of Uefa/Fifa starting to take a stance on this type of action.
I can with my hand on my heart say that I would be disgusted if a player from my team did this and would be in favour of bans being brought in to deal with these actions.
However, knowing what Uefa are like they won’t follow through on this and they will have made a rod for their own backs as every time a similar thing happens that goes unpunished they will get crucified for not acting.
Here’s hoping they have the courage of their convictions and see the job through, the modern game has become a joke with all the diving/cheating.
Wenger – hang your head, after the comments you made about the importance of not just winning but winning without this type of cheating (when talking about Chelsea when Morinhio was in charge) you really should know better. I see that his team have started using the “didn’t see the incident” line that he has been using for a while.
Massive fail Arsene!
I agree that diving should be made punishable amongst other activities like breaking a players leg where he can’t play for ayear.
So why don’t UEFA make this law at the start of the season instead of waiting for media presure and using eduado as a scape goat.
I might be primed to dive if my leg was broken and the intent of a possible injury was coming, wouldn’t you.
I would do a chelsea and sue the UEFA for unfair treatment considering the players background regarding his injury.
Players are trained to avoid body thrown tackles and considering eduado had his leg broken by one who can blame him.
It was the refs disinsion to give the penalty.
You don’t punish the drug adiicts you punish the pushers, so why don’t you punish UEFA and the ref for not using a preventive measure in the first place like instant video evidence and a fourth official who should be able to watch an instint replay and talk to the ref like the do in cricket?
Davetherave,
Fabregas, correct spelling of your hero’s name I believe, was injured against Portsmouth NOT Celtic. Eduardo is a cheat. The disappointing thing for every Celtic fan is that a team as good as Arsenal, with the tie in the bag, had to resort to cheating. All the admiration for Arsenal & their manager evaporated in a second.
THEY ARE HAVING A LAUGH!!!!!!!!
I want some buckfast!
its not the first time and it will not be the last time a player has tried to con the ref..players trying to get players sent off is worse than eduado done for the simple reason that they are trying to influence the ref to do what they see as an advantage to there team, players calling for offside..trying to influence the ref again, it goes on and on, i think he was trying to avoid contact …and who wouldnt..and the smile ….he got a bonus.
Ed is a class act, as a gunner I was horrified with the dive.why? Celtic with all respect were beaten. Ban him
i think platini should get a life….out of football
tell you what…there could of been slight contact, if so, theres no case for a ban..the keeper slid in and his trailing leg was so close to eduardo, and the ref give the pen..so why the f”"k are platini anc co so obsessed with this ..tell u why…they dont like the premiership or any thing british…
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Mowbray went out of his way to take the highroad even though he is the one with the legitimate beef – not Wenger. Tony said that he had not seen it so he didn’t feel he could comment until he did. He knows what happened and knows that his team was screwed by it. He accepted responsibility for Celtic losing to a superior team and didn’t dwell on it.
Coaching psychology at its best. Let the others (media) say how this one play turned the momentum of the game around. You take the high road and the next time a ref in a Europa league match is confronted with a similar situation, he (Mowbray) may just get the benefit of the doubt.
Wenger fails to explain why his man just fell over when he said after the game that it should not have been a penalty. Arsene – stay consistent here and on message.
Yes, call the UEFA investigators witch hunters and expect that because you are Wenger, the charges will be dismissed – don’t count on it.
He knows that he may need to pro
I was sickened by this cheat to the extent that I turned the match off. We had Ryan Giggs at OT collapsing a few years ago in the CL and now Eduardo -at least Giggs had an excuse -he needed to ,but Arsenal had won the tie in Glasgow, so why dive ? I was hoping Arsenal would break the the boring run of Man u / Chelski league winners but come on LIVERPOOL (a club with integrity).
Arsenal -get rid of your cheat !
Walk On.
CHEATS SHOULD NEVER PROSPER.
Give him and ANYONE who dives punishment and we may yet see the return of decent sportsmansip to football. Hard is OK, but be fair – conversely if you re not hurt “get up you little **** !!!
paulosav1970 – Respect mate.
We all know that the consequences of Babel’s dive, for example, were much more significant yet nothing was made of it and Arsene himself has mentioned the incident.
Another even more significant one was Gerrard’s dive in the CL final no less. That dive, incidentally, is the only thing that comes to mind whenever I hear the phrase “that night in Istanbul”.
But perhaps another even more ironic one was Rooney’s dive to end arsenal’s 49 match unbeaten run.
Shrekface after the match actually CONFESSED and gleefully told the press that he had dived to win the penalty. The fact that a player can cheat and then unabashedly laugh in the face of the authorities is the clearest and most blatant form of disrespecting the game and “bringing the game into disrepute” – to quote a favourite phrase of uefa and the fa. Why wasn’t any retrospective punishment imposed then?
If a hearing and trial can even be set for Eduardo’s case just to determine if or not his dive was deliberate, why wasn’t anything done about Rooney? No trial or hearing would even be needed there seeing as he admitted to his own deceit.
Another thing – why is video evidence being used now to crucify a player when if anything, the body MOST resistant to any form of video aid has been uefa. In any case, the most recent piece of “video evidence” I’ve seen features a certain scouser assaulting someone just because he didn’t like the song that was playing. I wonder what the verdict was there.
Andy. Too right mate, it is a very problem, what does your point prove? Tell me Boric was not attempting to play the man and not the ball.
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As a Celtic fan I felt sick and cheated when the little toe-rag that is Eduardo slotted home his penalty. Whats the point of players training 7 days a week when all it takes is one cheat to make it all pointless? Maybe Im just bitter because Scottish players are rubbish at cheating. If they practised diving at training instead of free-kicks they’d soon close the gap on the better sides in Europe.
gcarey
I get the FACT before making any claim, Celtic player crunch 4 times at same place which is at Fabregas left ankle, and with his left leg is still hurting he brace through the Pompey games which straining his other leg to compensate the injured left leg which result straining = hamstring.
The one who is dive is Edu, and not other player nor The Arsenal or Arsene. In fact Arsene after the game had claim that the penalty is dubious, and should not be given.
And to me Arsenal and Arsene are right in their stance to defend Edu not for his action but for the injustice and bias that is shown toward this case.
If Edu are ban, then fine, let Arsenal now files a video complain about Babel diving, Arsenal champion League final against Barca where Henrick Larson is possible dubiously offside and others cases …..,
If the video proof them , then let files a civil lawsuit for compensation of loses suffered.
what i don’t get is :
Why is the media joyfully jumping on the bandwagon of crucifying and exemplified and magnified Arsenal issues ; Pires and edu dive is deem as the hienest act ever, when Gerard dive = he is being professional, Rooney infornt of Sol he is brilliantly coordinate and time his body to make a save dive , Cristiano = you know it is Cristiano we already know that so let talk about something else, .. and many other example.