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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?