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FIFA will take no disciplinary action against player who injured Neymar
The foul of Zuñiga which left Brazil without its main star and scorer FIFA will not take action against the Colombia player who injured Neymar and ended the Brazil star's World Cup. FIFA said its disciplinary panel “cannot consider this matter” under the rules because the match referee saw the challenge by Camilo Zuniga and judged it at the time.
“In this specific case, no retrospective action can be taken,” FIFA said in a statement on Monday, because the incident “did not escape the match officials' attention.”
After an analysis of the matter and the extensive submission and documentation received from the CBF, the chairman came to the conclusion that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee cannot consider this matter in light of the conditions outlined in the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) for the Disciplinary Committee to be able to intervene in such a situation.
In particular, in this specific case, no retrospective action can be taken by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, since the incident involving the Colombian player Juan Camilo Zuñiga Mosquera did not escape the match officials’ attention, which is the first of two cumulative and necessary conditions for art. 77 a) of the FDC to be applied.
Meanwhile art. 77 b) of the FDC, which entitles the Disciplinary Committee to rectify obvious errors in the referee’s disciplinary decisions, equally cannot be applied in this case because neither a yellow card nor a red card was shown by the referee to the player Juan Camilo Zuñiga Mosquera.
Indeed, art. 77 b) of the FDC stipulates that the Disciplinary Committee may rectify obvious errors in the referee’s disciplinary decisions, which is only possible in the case of mistaken identity when a referee shows a yellow or red card to the wrong player.
It is important to note that the conditions by which the FIFA Disciplinary Committee can intervene in any incident have to be considered independently of the consequences of that incident, such as an unfortunate injury suffered by a player.
Finally, as a general remark, FIFA and the FIFA Disciplinary Committee regret any incidents occurring on the pitch that in particular have a negative impact on the health of players.
We wish Neymar a prompt and complete recovery as we wish the same for all players who have sadly been ruled out of the World Cup through injury.
With regard to CBF’s request for the cancellation of the caution shown to the player Thiago Emiliano da Silva during the match played against Colombia, the chairman came to the conclusion that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee cannot consider the matter given the fact that there is no legal basis entitling it to grant such request.
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Read all commentsBiting an opponent on the football field is small beer compared to
Jul 08th, 2014 - 04:33 pm 0calculatedly breaking an opponent's spine.
The bite got a big punishment.
The breaking of the Brasilian's spine got no punishment.
The bite was punished because the referee saw the bite.
The breaking of the spine gets no punishment .... why?
Because the referee saw the evil Colombian do it.
Why no punishment?
Because the referee thought the breaking of Neymar's spine was OK within the rules of the game.
No Yellow Card .. OK
No Red Card ... OK
No come-back.
FIFA says it's more OK to break a spine than to
break a leg or
break a foot or
spit or
call a person 'black'.
I wonder how much the Colombian got paid (and by whom) to remove the Brasilian threat before the final four national teams played for the ultimate prize in football ..
Germany?
The Netherlands? or
Argentina?
So,
Neymar must privately sue the Colombian and the referee
Brasil must privately sue Colombia, the referee AND FIFA.
1. Neymar's 'value' is massively greater than any other footballer on earth (lifetime value).
2. The loss to Brasil may well also be measured in many millions of $/Euros/$.
3. Neymar's club may well also have a multi-million case if 1. and 2. prevail at law.
Yes, I am really angry.
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Jul 08th, 2014 - 05:00 pm 0And this sport is called the beautiful game. BOLLOCKS. I thought you could not tackle from behind? When is a foul not a foul, I have heard English commentators say “ That was not a bad foul” ok when is it a good foul. A foul is a foul full stop.Too much money in football , of course it is open to corruption whatever your nationality.
Geoff, agree with all you've said. Unfortunately the quality of the refereeing, generally speaking, has left one hell of a lot to be desired. The amount of bad judgement calls that have been made by the refs is astounding, as proven by the refs decision regarding the foul against Neymar...and that FIFA says it's 'normal'.....'normal' to FIFA seems to be the corruption, suspicions of which are starting to surface.
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