Spain, August 27: The Celtic midfielder Massimo Donati demanded that Eduardo da Silva, the Arsenal striker, be banned by Uefa for cheating in the wake of his shocking dive last night.
The Croatian international conned the Spanish referee to win the penalty from which he scored the first goal in Arsenal’s 3-1 victory.
The win took Arsenal into today’s Champions League draw for the group stages in Monaco with a 5-1 aggregate win but left a sour taste. Donati said that Eduardo should be treated the same way as Lithuania striker Saulius Mikoliunas who cheated to win a penalty against Scotland at Hampden Park in September 2007. He was tried on video evidence by Uefa and given a two-match ban.
Donati said: “If it is clear on TV then Uefa must act against Eduardo and ban him. I think he should get a two-match ban because it wasn’t a penalty. I told him that and everyone in the Celtic team told him that.”
–Agencies