Re: Denying a goal scoring opportunity vs denying a certain goal
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I dont get the distinction. An own goal counts the same as a goal last time I checked. One
We were all a little bit sick to the stomach when we saw that runt Luis Suarez celebrating after Ghana missed their pen in the World Cup after his deliberate handball. The difference between what Suarez did in the World Cup and what Mignolet did on Saturday, ethically, is negligible. They both knew it was wrong, they both decided to deny the other team a perfectly good goal, they both cheated, they both did so deliberately.
I understand the rules are the rules and as it stands the ref couldnt send him off. But they should change because this is an anomoly in the rules.
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