... both were charged after the event using video evidence FIFA/UEFA refuse to allow during the original 90 minutes and plan to ... the incident. It's simply absurd. Eduardo's three-match ban (for a yellow card offence, a ... it been spotted at the time - a yellow card? FIFA and UEFA are rapidly descending into an even bigger joke than we already knew they ...

... given an honest assessment of their team's performance. The papers have been full of ex-pros and referees and journalists proposing how diving could be stamped out. But even though UEFA reversed their decision over Eduardo, that ban did serve a purpose. It raised the possibility of a player being banned. A strongly worded ...

... to live with the fallout of winning appeals against officials. Striker Eduardo was initially banned for two games after an alleged dive against Celtic - but succesfully overturned UEFA's decision on ... "He has to learn from his errors. We don't know if it is a one or three-match ban yet and with the FA Youth Cup coming up, he could learn the hard way." ...

... just find it most amusing with Arsene Wenger criticises FIFA for allowing Chelsea to appeal their transfer ban thereby giving the Blues the opportunity to buy players in the January window. Given that UEFA dropped 'simulation' charges against Eduardo, which received widespread mocking, after Arsenal appealed, it ill behoves Wenger so soon to get ...