Shocking... rily shocking...Today, 23 Feb 2008, is indeed a sad day 4 all Arsenal supporters from all over the world. Arsenal, who was winning 2-1, conceded a last-minute penalty against Brimingham City n the final score was 2-2. The decision from the referee to give the penalty was dubious. There was contact with the ball. However, the worst news of all has to be the injury to Eduardo, the player purchased by Arsenal at the start of the season.
A broken left leg. I cant imagine wat thoughts that were going through Eduardo's mind when he saw his left leg in such a condition. The pain he suffered muz be so excruciating to a point where he had wished dat he never ever played football. The Brimingham captain, Martin Taylor, who made this horrendous tackle got a mere red card n 3 matches banned, while Eduardo faces a possible career-threatening injury. He might not get to play football again. Mind u, he's only 24 n he had planned to celebrate his birthday this coming Monday.
What rily made me flabbergasted was the post-match words from the Birmingham manager.
Blues boss Alex McLeish responded: "Martin's not a dirty player. He's distraught over Eduardo's injury." "I've seen the challenge and, yes, the studs land on Eduardo's ankle. In slow motion these tackles always look bad but he's not a malicious player - Eduardo was just too quick for him," he explained.
Too quick? So is it Eduardo's fault that he got himself injured because he was a gifted footballer?! To say stg like dat to defend his own player is rily ridiculous. Imagine someone did the same act to our loved-ones...
I wish Eduardo all the best 4 his future. I rily do hope that he will recover soon n play football once again. And i do hope such a violent act would not ever appear again in the beautiful game of football.
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