Comments on: Nani’s Headbutt: the Video

By: cliff

cliff — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:01:28 +0000

this was really stupid of nani

By: elle

elle — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:20:34 +0000

agreed, even as a United fan sometimes Nani’s actions make me shake my head

By: jboy3533

jboy3533 — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:58:16 +0000

As a Utd fan, I must say Nani’s theatric display was deplorable and he deserved the booking on that alone. There was some poetic justice on Lucas Neills easy dive as he was responsible for deflecting a goal into his own net

By: A

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:44:41 +0000

Outside the playing field Lucas’ initial actions can very well be deemed as assault.

By: A

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:43:06 +0000

I don’t get it, why do players expect to get in someone’s face and not get some back?

And I’m saying this as an Aussie.

By: nick

nick — Mon, 05 May 2008 01:08:34 +0000

robert green trying to pick up nani is my favorite part of this. he is having no part of nani falling down. some comedy but an ugly side of the sport. if man utd were to lose the title because of this, bye nani. oh well, no serious harm done. and we will always have the youtube video of this.

By: Mat

Mat — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:19:37 +0000

Even though I am a United fan..I DO NOT LIKE this guy..you should have seen him in the Chelsea game…just so selfish..kills the game all the time..has just too less confidence in his teammates (or should I say is too selfish again) …he dives ..and now he head-butts people too..My only hope is that he has a very very good coaching staff that will never let him go the wrong route…he will be fine in a couple of seasons, but before that we all will have to tolerate this guy…

By: Cerberus

Cerberus — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:14:33 +0000

Looking at it again, it looks like Tevez was trying to gently lead Lucas away before tempers overflowed and was a bit slow on the draw.

With that in mind, the scene totally plays like one of those “proper/improper” examples of sportsmanship. When tempers overflow, try to aid and calm down the parties, do not pretend to be the victim and roll around like a retarded monkey even after it’s clear you’re fooling no one. Perhaps Sir Alex can show that with arrows and an announcer voice as Nani is sitting in the locker room considering why he’s not playing in the last game of the season.

By: Cerberus

Cerberus — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:09:53 +0000

Wow that’s pretty bad. Not the incident which was essentially a love tap, but Nani’s dive and bullshit act. With luck this will cross over into next season when every referee will look to each of his dives with an enormous grain of salt.

I’m really interested in what Tevez was hoping to accomplish. He doesn’t move until after the headbutt and Lucas seems more surprised by Tevez’s grab than the headbutt itself. Was Tevez trying to help him down or help him up and accidentally threw him on the ground or was he trying to throw him on the ground or did he belatedly try to pull Lucas away from Nani. I’m genuinely curious.

By: Ian Rose

Ian Rose — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:09:00 +0000

How incredibly dumb. Nani clearly deserved sending off, and should frankly have something added on for that ridiculous dive after the headbutt. Maybe Lucas did fall down easily, but at least he got a tap – Nani gave a tap, waited a second, then fell down to try to distract the ref. Sad to see from such a good team.