Ex World Cup Winner fined for 18 year old tackle.

[Royalclapper]

Interesting piece in the local rag.

Former Italian international Mauro Camoranesi has been fined £40,000 for a tackle made 18 years ago in which the fouled player (Roberto Pizzi), sustained injuries he never recovered from in an Argentine League game.

Perhaps the most interesting part is the judge's comments...'Although it is not possible to describe Camoranesi's action as deliberately intentional, it was incredibly clumsy, abnormal and avoidable.'

I'm nothing like a law expert myself but those words could apply to absolutely loads of footballing incidents. Not sure if this has happened in a UK court before, i guess it depends on the home countries own laws. There have been a few contenders over the years here though, Roy Keane being one.

[harryroyal]

Local rag, where do you live Argentina?

[Ian Royal]

Interesting piece in the local rag.

Former Italian international Mauro Camoranesi has been fined £40,000 for a tackle made 18 years ago in which the fouled player (Roberto Pizzi), sustained injuries he never recovered from in an Argentine League game.

Perhaps the most interesting part is the judge's comments...'Although it is not possible to describe Camoranesi's action as deliberately intentional, it was incredibly clumsy, abnormal and avoidable.'

I'm nothing like a law expert myself but those words could apply to absolutely loads of footballing incidents. Not sure if this has happened in a UK court before, i guess it depends on the home countries own laws. There have been a few contenders over the years here though, Roy Keane being one.

Not sure you could really say that something "abnormal" applies to absolutely loads of footballing incidents. Bit of an oxymoron that.

[Royalclapper]

Interesting piece in the local rag.

Former Italian international Mauro Camoranesi has been fined £40,000 for a tackle made 18 years ago in which the fouled player (Roberto Pizzi), sustained injuries he never recovered from in an Argentine League game.

Perhaps the most interesting part is the judge's comments...'Although it is not possible to describe Camoranesi's action as deliberately intentional, it was incredibly clumsy, abnormal and avoidable.'

I'm nothing like a law expert myself but those words could apply to absolutely loads of footballing incidents. Not sure if this has happened in a UK court before, i guess it depends on the home countries own laws. There have been a few contenders over the years here though, Roy Keane being one.

Not sure you could really say that something "abnormal" applies to absolutely loads of footballing incidents. Bit of an oxymoron that.

I would guess that the contextual definition of abnormal is open to much debate, was Muamba's incident abnormal? is somebody on prescribed steriods abnormal due to the increased risk of bones popping? Tongue swallowing? tbh i'm not sure of the interpretations, but it sounded a bit fuzzy without looking at all the details.