As I have mentioned already, Intent To Injure fouls should aways remain a Red Card Without Substitution punished foul. Thus Cannavaro would have been Sent Off for his Shoulder Butt on Henry in the 1st minute of the the World Cup Final 2006.
Right here is the statement of a PR firm, not a soccer fan or even a sports fan. Having 90 minutes of some event, when the reality is that it was not a true contest between the two teams that fans may have matched up, player against opponent player for months prior to the match in buildup, is not a satisfactory development. Diarrheoa flows freely too. You want to watch that instead of the next big soccer match ?
The outcome of the match proves nothing. The winner was not the better team.
They won because they were a man up. True sports fans watch to know who was the best. So what was the point of playing the match in the first place ? So Public Relations firms could get paid ?
As I have mentioned already, Ice Hockey is not a US indigenous sport. It originates in Canada and Eastern Europe.
John
