A bad episode in the Handball World Cup on the occasion of the US-Bahrain match, when a player was sent off for biting his opponent.
From one world championship to another. Football presented in Qatar, it’s time to focus on the championship tournament handball Underway in Poland and Sweden from January 11-29. Who will take over the legacy of Denmark? Hard to say, even given great competitiveness. Meanwhile, an episode that occurred in the match was the cause of debate Between the teams of the United States and Bahrainan actor who is ready to play for the last chances, in a group that also includes the defending champions, and the leaders of Egypt.
The strange situation occurred in the 40th minute, during a midfield intervention. The US international Paul Skoruba was the protagonist of his frequent duel with Hussein El-Sayyad. A series of fools that ended with severe disciplinary action by the referee. In fact, the latter showed the American a red card and a blue card. What does this kind of punishment mean? It is a more severe expulsion: in this way, indeed, In blue followed by red It is also indicated to the audience visually that an exclusion will be followed by a very heavy score sheet which will put the fouler out of the game for one or more matches.
But what did Skorupa do so badly to deserve such action? American player biting opponent on his arm during the exciting moment of the fight. His opponent showed Skorupa foul marks on his arm with a slightly bleeding wound. It was inevitable at that point that he would be expelled. Even the American commentator of the match said that he was horrified by the gesture of his fellow athlete: “I’ve never seen this before”. Bahrain won the match 32:27 to go.
The episode brought to mind a famous precedent in world football by Luis Suarez Who participated in the 2014 World Cup challenge to bite Giorgio Chiellini, in a memorable match between Uruguay and Italy. On that occasion, Pistolero was disqualified for nine matches by FIFA. And who knows if Skorupa hadn’t been given a similar punishment, it wouldn’t be surprising.
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