Eduardo to be charged with diving by UEFA

[Roscoe]

Im f*ck*ng pissed offShoulda been more matches.f*ck Wengar any hypocritical scarecrow

f*ck off u dirty sh*t talker

[Francis Coquelin]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1...K-cheat-us.htmlfrom the mail of all places

[Lenny]

Mcgeady sent off for diving in a SPL match

[Frank Furta]

madness

[Mr Q]

See its the Scottish FA, they dont mess about when it comes to it. So its like what was said earlier in the thread, don't dive against a Scottish team and you will have no such problems.

[Heero Yuy]

SSN just said Eduardo handed 2 match ban

[Francis Coquelin]

tis a joke

[Guest Medic]

Misses games vs Olympiacos and Liege, pissed.

[Guest WAVESURFER]

Quite right too.

[BATTY BOY BUM BANDIT]

Is Eboue gonna get banned for his dive too?Cheating cunts

[Roscoe]

Misses games vs Olympiacos and Liege, pissed.

Who the f*ck are they?Arshavin will duppy them

[Guest Medic]

Misses games vs Olympiacos and Liege, pissed.

Who the f*ck are they?Arshavin will duppy them

More pissed that he will play vs AZ

[gattsu]

why wud u be pissed at that

[MrJibbles]

Didn't Ashley Young dive twice during the Rapid game? Didn't Zlatan dive against Shaktar? (so I am told) All goes un-noticed I see, well Adolf Hitler better keep up with what him and he's cronies are doing!So if we see Gerrard, Messi or even tin pot bob dive BAN THEM! Let's see if they're consistent well in this case they aren't.

[TF S4DK]

The problem for UEFA is that its bait, Arsenal will probably now go out of the Champions League to a dive & won't suspend the player so he can play in the final and Wenger will make a LOT of noise & Platini will get his 6 refs.

[gattsu]

did a celtic player get sent off this weekend for divinghang himoh wait

[Doom]

So if a ref spots a blatant dive he issues a yellow. If he misses it, its now a 2 match ban

[Guest faze .]

ashley young didnt even dive....went down easy but he did all the work and committed the fouls

[MrJibbles]

Uefa has risked antagonising Arsenal further by confirming that there are no plans to institute a regular programme of video referral for matches under its jurisdiction or issue an anti-diving directive in the light of the Eduardo da Silva controversy.The Croatia striker has been suspended for two Champions League matches for deliberately deceiving the referee in last week's play-off round, second-leg victory over Celtic. Arsenal are preparing an appeal.Arsenal have accused Uefa of presiding over a random and arbitrary disciplinary system — some at the club believe that they have been deliberately targeted — but European football’s governing body insists that the truth is more prosaic.Uefa remains extremely wary of video evidence because it fears that it could compromise the authority of the referee and will only use it in cases where it believes there has been a clear breach of article 10 (1c), which governs deliberate attempts to deceive a referee.That Eduardo is the first player to have been charged after a club match since the regulation was introduced in 2006 confirms Uefa’s reluctance to get involved in such matters, even if it will increase Arsenal’s sense of injustice. Arsenal appear to have been unfortunate victims of a series of coincidences — an alleged dive missed by the referee in a high-profile televised match that was followed by immediate and vocal complaints from the wronged party, in this case Celtic backed by the Scottish FA.Article 10 (1c), which was introduced by Uefa as a consequence of the furore that followed Rivaldo’s feigning antics when playing for Brazil in the 2002 World Cup, exists to punish the worst offenders, but there is no appetite at Uefa to mount a wholesale campaign against diving through the retrospective use of video technology.Uefa will act only in cases where a referee has been clearly conned, because it believes that more regular involvement could undermine the official’s authority.Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, warned last week that in the light of Eduardo being charged, every single decision made by officials could be open to challenge, although such a prediction is unlikely to come to pass because Uefa remains opposed to the greater use of video replays.Instead, it has formulated a system of two additional referees to rule on goalline and penalty decisions at each end of the pitch. This is being given a trial in the Europa League this season with a view to being introduced into the Champions League from next season. Wenger is a strong advocate of video technology and will be furious at what he perceives to be Uefa’s lack of consistency.http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle6819170.ece

That being said we've appealed and you just knew this Uefa putting their foot down on diving wouldn't last.