UEFA charge Eduardo for dive.

Eduardo faces a suspension after UEFA charged the Arsenal striker with ‘deceiving the referee’ during the Gunners’ Champions League victory against Celtic on last Wednesday.

Gordon Smith, the chief executive of the Scottish FA, had said on Thursday that the Croatia international should be banned, a stance that UEFA president Michel Platini echoed.

Smith had said: “Eduardo is a terrific player who has battled back from a serious injury to resume playing at the highest level. However, he showed disrespect to the game by his actions in winning a penalty against Celtic.

“Since I came into this post, I have raised the issue of simulation time and time again – both here in Scotland and with FIFA and UEFA.

“I don’t think that I have received enough support in my efforts to eradicate what I believe to be one of the most serious threats to the integrity of football.

“We have shown the courage to use retrospective punishment when it comes to simulation and I’d urge UEFA to do so in this instance. Everything that can be done to stamp it out must be done – starting right now.

“I see absolutely no reason at all why we cannot use technology to assist referees – particularly in live games.

“I know that some people say that TV evidence would damage the flow of a game, but I believe the proposal that I put forward to both FIFA and UEFA whereby football would adopt a similar approach to tennis in offering a set number of challenges can work.”

The Gunners won the second leg of their knockout tie 3-1 at the Emirates Stadium to wrap up a 5-1 aggregate success, but several Celtic players were unhappy when Eduardo won and converted a 28th-minute penalty to open the scoring after an incident involving Artur Boruc.

source football.co.uk