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Is Eduardo’s two-match ban unfair or just?
01:00 PM 02 September, 2009
Eduardo will miss Arsenal Football Club’s first two games in the UEFA Champions League.

The Croatian international won a penalty in the second leg of the qualifying win over Celtic at the Emirates Stadium, but television replays suggested he took a dive.

Uefa have now issued the striker with a two-match European suspension, meaning he will be absent for the matches against Standard Liege and Olympiakos.

Arsene Wenger is naturally disappointed at the treatment of Eduardo, and to be fair to the Gunners head coach, in this case there is a degree of sympathy for him.

Yes, his player took a dive, but is he the only one guilty of simulation? How many times do we see somebody take a tumble in the Premier League on a weekly basis?

Yes, the dive might have been in the Champions League, but there is also an argument that the only reason he has been singled out is because he plays for one of the high-profile clubs.

Had the dive been taken by, say, Apoel Nicosia player Kamil Kosowski (ever heard of him?), would he have even made the radar of Uefa...in all probability, no he wouldn’t.

So if Uefa want to suspend Eduardo for diving, then that is fine...so long as they examine every other Champions League match and dish out similar punishment for other offenders.
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Gooner 4 Life wrote 10:28 AM 03 Sep, 2009
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If UEFA are going to stamp this out of the game. It has to start some where. BUT now they have to carry on with this kind of iron fist rules for ever. this will make it fair.
con wrote 10:22 AM 03 Sep, 2009
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Diving is for sissies.....BUT you dont come one day and decide to give a two match ban to a player just for diving without any notice that this should be the punishment ..... this is crazy ... why didnt they watch last years games too and give bans to Ronaldo, Drogba and all of they other player that dive? And why two match ban ? the regulation says a yellow card ? UEFA has lost it i think. If they start making decisions for games after the game is finished then in the future dont be supriced to see them change the resault as well , maybe count a goal that was call off as offside ...... My opinion is what happens is the game, stays in the game! if they want to stop diving then give a red card instead of a yellow, but punishing retrospectively is ridiculous.
Niall wrote 10:32 PM 02 Sep, 2009
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I am an arsenal fan and i don't like diving in the game, however, I feel that it is a disgrace that eduardo recieved a two match ban! Eboue got a yellow card for diving against man utd and there will be no further action taken. If you remember the diving that drogba and ronaldo did in the league and they got away with it and just out of the bloom they decide give eduardo a two match ban! Really Unfair
keith wrote 03:35 PM 02 Sep, 2009
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Anything that helps deter diving has got to be good for the game. The Eboue dive this past week was beyond rediculous, a firing squad is needed for this one. I seem to remember Wenger a few years back saying diving needed to be stopped as his team was 'robbed'. He even admitted on the night of the game there didnt seem much contact and it was a little soft, now he's on the defensive. Its about time managrs took their share of the blame for not castrating the divers from within.
sy - arsenal fan wrote 03:19 PM 02 Sep, 2009
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I agree that Eduardo should have to sit the two match ban. I hate diving it digusts me and i find it embarrasing. If they really have the balls to go through with suspending for 2 mathes though they are going to have to employ a hell of a lot of people to watch all games to ban all those other divers. europe will be up in arms. just you wait and see when the new real madrid midfield cant play because they are all banned!
DEN wrote 02:02 PM 02 Sep, 2009
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Stupid! Rooney dived when playing arsenal to win a penalty shot and noone has so much mentioned it!
 
Dave replied 04:48 PM 02 Sep, 2009
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yes he was going down on saturday but Alumia does catch him not by much though but there is contact so he did win penalty in my mind if u want to go further i think Last season spurs where robbed at old trafford buy the penalty that should never have been i thought Gomes makes a good save but ref gives pen so carrick should have been done for diving as well
Dave wrote 01:36 PM 02 Sep, 2009
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Yes and No really if he does receive the 2 match ban its got 2 send the message to all teams world wide not just english clubs madrid barcelona juventus milan all of them if he has 2 sit the 2 match ban
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