You can re-live the glory of Eduardo da Silva’s dive against Celtic last week below. It resulted in a penalty kick for Arensal, which was converted en route to a 3-1 victory. Today, he was suspended for two Champions League games. From AP:
Arsenal Striker Banned for Two Champions League Games for Diving
European soccer’s governing body made the ruling Tuesday. Its disciplinary panel said the Brazilian-born Croatia forward deceived the referee. Eduardo was challenged on the play by Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc and appeared to deliberately throw himself to the ground.
He will miss Arsenal’s Group H matches at Standard Liege on Sept. 16 and at home to Olympiakos on Sept. 29.
The club can appeal the suspension, although one look at the video shows that would be a waste of everyone’s time.
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