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I saw the way he jumped at the striker mid air and you can conclude that it was an attack not an attempt to stop him from scoring. A keeper cannot jump mid air with his knees bend towards your opponents mid ribs
Oliver Kahn, former German Goalkeeper said the keeper's style in stopping the striker was not acceptable in football. It's considered as a physical attack on the striker.
He was just too reckless. I suspect it all boils down to a mentality of wicked play.
If he wanted to kill thr guy he didnt need to do that on the pitch we have seen worse clashes from goalies and players..its unfortunate thr player is dead the job of a soccer player comes with such casualties..boxers die in t ...
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What the keeper did was shameful, like,barbaric
Hs went in for the striker, not the ball. As a keeper, he was supposed to act defensively, rather, he was full of malice, aiming a kick into the offensive player rather than d ...
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@sweetgh you don t have a brain you don't think its part of the game
So you think you have brain? Football is a contact sport, not a combat sport. That's why there are rules and yellow card and red card. I almost added "use your head" but that cannot apply to headless creature. If all football ...
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"He went in for the striker, not the ball" is part of the game? You are totally brainless.
You see some of such racist report by some European newspapers, is the Goalkeeper playing with Equatorial Guinea football team for the newspapers to report on his nationality as Equatorial Guinea's Owono or he is playing wit ...
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Nonsense, what type of speculation is that
Strange mishap between two players with same name. For the goalkeeper brought his African attitude into play. He didn’t mean to kill the guy but he was evil with such play and deserves lengthy ban and severe penalty such as ...
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I suggest there should be new law law concerning the degree at which a goalkeeper can bend his neal so that when there is a crash the the impacts may not be soo serious
Especially when there is an attack
Good advice but I doubt that FIFA will take it, as they will reason that it was just a pitch tragedy, a rare occurrence.
He can't be jailed for what happened on the field because of implied consent.
Duncan Ferguson (Sir Alex Ferguson's son) was jailed in October 1995 for an on-field assault that violated an existing probation order.
He i ...
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Its rather unfortunate. May he rest in peace
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