http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-bordeaux-diarrasuspended And here is the clip. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAshOwgpGl0"]YouTube - DIARRA c'est pas bien...[/ame] Thoughts?
Sh*t happens...it was the heat of the moment and it wasnt particularly violent, and if you look at his face he regrets it immediately. It was stupid, and he knows it. That being said, he totally deserves the punishment if nothing else to be a deterrent.
Having seen it 6 game suspension seems perfect to me. Referees should try maybe to stay a bit back when giving a yellow card which I always do. No excuse for it heat of the moment and all that 6 games is fine to deter other people and remind them that it's not to be tolerated...ever.
I wish it would get to the point where we look at this and go "only 6?" I'm overjoyed that it's not being tolerated, even though, as Keeper said, it wasn't all that violent. It's still inexcusable.