UEFA have went back on their decision to ban Eduardo for 2 games for “diving” against Celtic in a European Qualifier, leaving him eligible to start Arsenals campaign tomorrow night.
Here is a replay of the incident:
Eduardo said on Arsenals website:
“I’m very pleased that we have finally arrived at the truth,
All we needed to do was to prove what happened and we have managed to do that. This decision makes me feel a lot better.
I just want to say that I am a fair player. To score goals you must take your opportunities and I’m not the type of player who needs to be dishonest to score goals.”
Arsenal themselves then issued a statement saying:
“We were able to show there was contact between the keeper and Eduardo and that the decision should be annulled,”
Celtic star, and Republic of Ireland political refugee, Aiden McGeady was recently red carded for diving – but suffered no backlash from the same Celtic fans who wanted Eduardo hung drawn and quartered for being fouled by Artur Boruc.
