The Ugly, Diving Duckling

“Eduardo has been sentenced to a 2 game ban for ‘diving.’ UEFA could not write a diving specific prohibition because the offense is too amorphous. Thus, Platini relied on an ambiguous and long unused snippet of statutory text. Technically, Eduardo was convicted of ‘simulation.’ But the legal logistics are not exactly what bothers me.” (futfanatico)

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