Arsenal Striker Eduardo Charged For Diving

Arsenal striker Eduardo da Silva has been charged by UEFA for
"deceiving the referee" by appearing to dive to win a penalty during
the Champions League win over Celtic.

The 26-year-old Croatian will receive a two-match ban if the charge by European football's governing body is upheld.

Uefa confirmed it has begun disciplinary proceedings after reviewing
the incident in which the striker stands accused of conning match
official Manuel Gonzalez.

Leading from the first leg 2-0, Eduardo's conversion of the
resulting spot kick effectively settled the contest late in the
first-half at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.

Arsenal went on to win the match 3-1 - and thus the tie 5-1 - to secure a spot in the group stage of the illustrious and highly profitable competition.
The striker was widely condemned for tumbling despite minimal - if any - contact from Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc.

Even Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admitted the award of a penalty had been wrong - although he stopped short of condemning his player.

But Celtic's players and the Scottish FA called for Eduardo to be punished.

Uefa said after studying video evidence of the incident the UEFA
disciplinary inspector "decided to charge the player concerned".

Uefa's Control and Disciplinary Body will tackle the case on Monday.

If Eduardo is suspended he would be ruled out of Arsenal's matches
with Standard Liege (away, September 16) and Olympiacos (home,
September 29).



Ahem, just for the record, no Celtic player in history has ever dived, cheated, handballed or feigned injury...

They've set a very dangerous precedent here ya know...

Any dive, any disallowed goal, anything, can now be argued against and put to UEFA...


Where were UEFA when this happened to Eduardo then..?

UEFA find Eduardo guilty as charged and give him a 2 game european ban....


Fukin disgraceful......

Eduardo ban gets overturned ....................