James wrote:Why did they make it so blatantly obvious? Couldn't they have just put a late tackle each on an Ajax player(preferably Suarez)

Kaka11|LFC wrote:As NST said, it seems a legitimate tactic and you can't do much about it, respect for Mourinho, that was pretty clever. I don't see why you would give them a fine or a longer ban as what they did doesn't warrant and you can't really prove they did it on purpose, and even then theres no rule saying you can't purposely get sent off to save yourself the trouble in further rounds.

Kaka11|LFC wrote:Its not bad sportsmanship though unless you consider it unfair play, but its a legitimate tactic that anybody can do if they wish. Its not really unfair to other teams, if anything its a good thing because it ensures the best players are available for the matches giving a better chance for a better game which is what its all really about.

Kaka11|LFC wrote:But they've all ready served their suspension, it was only two yellows so its a one match suspension, either way they are serving a suspension so what more can you do? They've been punished so its not really unfair. Also, if the team they come up against need Ramos and Alonso out to beat them then thats slack.

Don't know if you saw my edit but Howard Webb didn't send off De Jong despite kicking Alonso in the chest because he didn't want to ruin the game. De Jong should be banned from football because hes a brute and doesn't abide by fair play but that hasn't happened.

coolmarvin wrote:They didn't make any dangerous tackles so therefore there's no need for an extra ban.

And what about what Suarez did in the WC? Surely that's worse than this.