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FIFA will take no disciplinary action against player who injured Neymar
FIFA will not take action against the Colombia player who injured Neymar and ended the Brazil star's World Cup. FIFA said its disciplinary panel “cannot consider this matter” under the rules because the match referee saw the challenge by Camilo Zuniga and judged it at the time. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesBiting an opponent on the football field is small beer compared to
Jul 08th, 2014 - 04:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0calculatedly breaking an opponent's spine.
The bite got a big punishment.
The breaking of the Brasilian's spine got no punishment.
The bite was punished because the referee saw the bite.
The breaking of the spine gets no punishment .... why?
Because the referee saw the evil Colombian do it.
Why no punishment?
Because the referee thought the breaking of Neymar's spine was OK within the rules of the game.
No Yellow Card .. OK
No Red Card ... OK
No come-back.
FIFA says it's more OK to break a spine than to
break a leg or
break a foot or
spit or
call a person 'black'.
I wonder how much the Colombian got paid (and by whom) to remove the Brasilian threat before the final four national teams played for the ultimate prize in football ..
Germany?
The Netherlands? or
Argentina?
So,
Neymar must privately sue the Colombian and the referee
Brasil must privately sue Colombia, the referee AND FIFA.
1. Neymar's 'value' is massively greater than any other footballer on earth (lifetime value).
2. The loss to Brasil may well also be measured in many millions of $/Euros/$.
3. Neymar's club may well also have a multi-million case if 1. and 2. prevail at law.
Yes, I am really angry.
@1
Jul 08th, 2014 - 05:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And this sport is called the beautiful game. BOLLOCKS. I thought you could not tackle from behind? When is a foul not a foul, I have heard English commentators say “ That was not a bad foul” ok when is it a good foul. A foul is a foul full stop.Too much money in football , of course it is open to corruption whatever your nationality.
Geoff, agree with all you've said. Unfortunately the quality of the refereeing, generally speaking, has left one hell of a lot to be desired. The amount of bad judgement calls that have been made by the refs is astounding, as proven by the refs decision regarding the foul against Neymar...and that FIFA says it's 'normal'.....'normal' to FIFA seems to be the corruption, suspicions of which are starting to surface.
Jul 08th, 2014 - 05:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Geoff and Jack - Don't agree.
Jul 09th, 2014 - 04:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0It was a stupid clumsy foul but to pin the guy for deliberate back breaking I think is a stretch.
A good point was raised by a journo article I read, do you really think the Colombian player would be doing what he did where he would know that his deliberate act would receive a card, or would he be challenging to try and win the ball to help his team score an equaliser with a few minutes to go. I am inclined that the fellow was thinking of the latter.
By the way I think Neymar is fantastic.
#4
Jul 09th, 2014 - 09:41 am - Link - Report abuse 0Refs protect from kicks in the face - which is just disfiguring,
a foul on the spine is much, much worse.
Where's the logic?
Footballers rely on refs for protection from deadly force
Both the perpetrator AND the ref should be banned for life,
and litigation SHOULD be taken.
@4
Jul 09th, 2014 - 05:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No one is accusing Zuñiga of trying to deliberately break Neymar's back - THAT, yes, could be a stretch....but how the hell did the Colombian think he was going to reach the ball without trampling over Neymar ? When you take a running leap at an opponent, with your knee up, you gotta know it's not going to end well....If one gives the Colombian credit when he said he that he didn't intend to injure Neymar, then he's a bloody nut case...regardless, he should be punished to make him think twice next time.
Anyone here actually PLAY soccer or futebol ?
Jul 10th, 2014 - 02:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0When a ball is up heading your way, what do you do ?
You jump up as high as you can, and stretch your head to hit the ball towards your team, towards the goal, or away from your goal. You can't do that with your legs bent, amigos.
Simple kinesiology mandates that you jump up with both legs straight. This is not what Colombia's Zuniga did.
Instead, Zuniga brought his knee up, and he brought it up intentionally hard into Neymar's lower back, looking to knock him out of the game as Coach Scolari stated. You just do not do this when playing normally, and fairly.
The decision therefore not to penalize is a mistake by FIFA. Zuniga, in the opinion of me, my wife, my family, my neighbourhood, and most of my countrymen and women, should be banned for 2-5 years.
Oh, and a few other Latin American nationalities too.
Botinho - we all play football from the couch in front of the TV and we know it all!!! Why do you ask if anyone plays football, when you do not say if you play yourself?So you are the expert? Please enlighten me how many years for a national team you played? I do not believe the action of Zuniga was intentional. I am not a Colombian. I am a Brazilian supporter. Are you a lawyer too, simple kinesiology, what the f**k is that??? We could spout theories all day.....
Jul 10th, 2014 - 03:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0No, not a member of any national futebol team. Nor an Attorney or Barrister.
Jul 10th, 2014 - 07:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0I have played futebol, or soccer most of my life, as most Brasilians do. I do know how people jump, which in most sports in not with the knees up, but with legs straight. Most that have played would know that fact.
As you asked, your question deserves the answer.
Kinesiology, an accepted medical and scientific term, is also known as human kinetics, or the scientific study of human movement. Musculature, your osseous tissues or bones, and how they move. What is normal movement, and not normal.
But please, feel free to lie down on the couch during the next match and watch the players. You will see what I am saying.
Also, be advised of another fact. Brasilians never, ever lie on a couch to watch futebol. Being a little more passionate about the game, we either sit or stand-up.
There is only one great country well north of us that I have visited that people lie down to watch a certain sport. We call that sport Gridiron, as opposed to football, soccer, or futebol..
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