Quote (Edgard @ 22 Sep 2015 13:20)
It's not part of the game, it's something that should be immediately be removed from it, I get provoking your opponent, talking shit, annoying them, but doing what Costa is doing is not okay and it's disgraceful.
He didn't do anything out of the ordinary in terms of what usually happens between defenders and their man marked strikers. Usually there is contact at every corner, a subtle punch, a verbal abuse, spitting, hitting, scratching and generally being an ass. Watch chiellini, one of world's best.
Costa's act is therefore much overhyped simply because it was caught on camera.
If we were to remove these things from a game as you suggest, there would literally be no defenders.
A half decent ref could have kept costa cool. Yellow him as early as he starts this shit. Send him off if he continues.
However faulty costa might look, gabriel still deserved his red for being stupid. And old man's bitching about the incident is not showing fairness but incompetence.
This post was edited by B4al on Sep 22 2015 08:09am