Ukrainian forward and Brazilian native Luiz Adriano has been banned for one match after he found guilty of using unethical ways to score a goal against Nordsjaelland in Champions League on Tuesday in Denmark. UEFA classified this goal as in violation of ‘principals of the conducts’ and barred him from the field. Moreover, a disciplinary case is also opened against him that is expected to be decided by next Tuesday. The controversy started when play was halted coz of an injury caused to a Nordsjaelland player, and in between, Adriano made everyone surprised when he collected Willian's kick intended to home goalkeeper, and shot into the empty net. Referee did not find any violation to the rules with that goal hence allowed it as a legal one, but it made Nordsjaelland’s fans furious, and they started hooting Adriano. Later, Shakhtar won that match with a huge 5-2 margin, but the dark point of this match remained that ‘unethical’ goal fired with a bad intention. Nicolai Stokholm, … [Read more...]
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