Comments on: Scoring on an Injured Keeper: Péter Kovács Won’t Make the FIFA Fair Play Award Shortlist

By: mb

mb — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:04:54 +0000

let’s see Kovac is in on goal alone, he’s already beat the keeper when out of the blue he trips on a root and hurts his ankle. are the defenders and goalie going to stop play, give the ball back to him if he gets back up, and let him score?

By: steven

steven — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:19:24 +0000

Yea, you can’t fault Kovacs, even if the keeper was really hurt(which he was). There is just so much diving in the game today that you never know when someone is actually hurt or faking.

By: Al

Al — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:17:53 +0000

yeah- De Canio- what a great sport! I mean who cares that Il Duce is tattooed on his arm and that he gives fascist salutes. He loves everyone so long as part of the master race and reich wing. I cannot believe you would put a video of him as an example of something positive- but you did. What does this choice imply- I simply do not know.

Antifa per sempre- Welcome back to Serie A Livorno!

By: Eirik

Eirik — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:43:30 +0000

Yes, the keeper was substituted shortly after and reserve one had to finish the match. So it was a pretty legitimate injury.

Oli: Di Canio certainly didn’t try to score on his opportunity.

By: Finnegan

Finnegan — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:13:56 +0000

I would have stuck it in the back of the net and not thought twice about it. I mean, yeah it sucks that the goalkeeper injured himself and it ended up in a goal. But that’s not the striker’s fault. It’s the striker’s job to score goals. He gets paid to do it. So he should do it. Sorry if that’s blunt.

By: JC

JC — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:34:38 +0000

was the goalie stretched off?

By: Oli Davies

Oli Davies — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:54:59 +0000

I don’t think anyone can honestly say tha they wouldn’t have rolled the ball in to that net, given the circumstances.

I also think that Kovacs is right to point out that he should always play by the whistle. he can’t be put in the blame for this, although, perhaps the ref can be.

By: Yevy

Yevy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:10:55 +0000

This fair play business is getting taken too far. There is already too much incentive for a keeper who gets caught out of position to go down and hope the referee or a gullible opponent will bail him out. This certainly looked like a legitimate injury, but you know what? Tough luck bro, now pick the ball out of the net and get on with it.

By: OhYes

OhYes — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:30:49 +0000

He wasn’t even close to giving it away. Seems like a legit injury to me. And he tried to block with the leg that wasn’t injured.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:09:48 +0000

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