Did Chelsea captain really spit at Manchester United striker?
by stresster on May 23rd, 2008
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For the minority of people who actually feel a degree of sympathy for John Terry after hitting the post with his penalty on Wednesday night, perhaps this footage might sway things a little. It appears that the Chelsea captain, who’s been described as a man’s man (whatever that means), decides to get up close and personal with Carlos Tevez. Yet again, this colossus of a man truly does lead by example!
The Daily Telegraph report that while Terry denies that he spat at the Argentine, there could be trouble ahead for the defender with UEFA investigating the matter. It had all kicked off when Tevez kicked the ball out of play rather than knock it back to Petr Cech, and culminated in Drogba slapping Vidic and getting himself sent off.
Terry said: “There was some pushing and shoving, I admit that.
“But no spitting, that is not my style. No way would I spit at another player.”
TV pictures appear to show Terry raising his arm and spit in the direction of Tevez, but Chelsea are demanding proof from Tevez in a bid to clear his name.
UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said: “The procedure is that we must wait for the report from the referee and UEFA delegates.
“If the referee says he saw the incident and that the player did not spit, then that will be the end of the matter.
“But if he says he did not see the incident, then we will go back to the video images.”
It’s truly hard to judge whether Terry did indeed spit at Tevez, although once again the former England captain has landed himself in a spot of bother. Yes, he may be a decent player but he’s also something of a bully and a thug, especially when a situation calls for calm heads.
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Tagged Under: carlos tevez, cech, Chelsea FC, drogba, john terry, Manchester United, penalties, terry, vidic
ph0bolus - May 23rd, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Hell no he didn’t spit at him…I watched the video countless times and didn’t see anything flying from his mouth except maybe some expletives…
Anonymous - May 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
he’s a thug, throw the book at him.
Calm Down - May 23rd, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Course he did, he did it to Stevie G last year. it’s his party piece. Evil tosser.
Yarrow - May 23rd, 2008 at 10:45 pm
He has a long track record of despicable behaviour. From smashing a bottle over a bouncer’s head to insulting American airline passengers on the night of 9/11 to spitting at a waitress in a fast food restaurant to racist remarks against black players to very dodgy extreme right-wing politics to assaulting a girl in a night-club who refused his advances to spitting at Tevez and others. He should be stripped of the Chelsea captaincy and made to donate his salary to good causes because he’s the worst example of what happens when you give millions to young ill-educated thugs in the name of football. There’s a fit and proper person test for directors of football clubs. There ought to be a similar test for players and then we’d be spared this nasty thug.
Blue_Rose - May 24th, 2008 at 6:17 am
Really? Who cares.. I remember Ryan Giggs did the same spitting to this player from his rival’s team,too.Does anyone bother? Not even a red card fly on his way. Anyway,if JT is still stuck with the blues,i think he’d be better be practicing more on his penalty kick since that he failed almost everytime where fans blamed him on that. Practice makes perfect. So,get it done. There’s no mourning or groaning to waste here. And that’s where we should try to stop it.
Soccerfanbase.com - May 24th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Lets not get sentimental here , we all support United and hates chelsea ( thats allow , it is not against the unwritten laws of football ).I personally did not see JT doing such a thing, I have reviewed the video over and over again and there was nothing like that in the game..
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whoareyou - May 24th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
John Terry is a disgrace. His actions in the final are not the worst, it’s just that nearly 300 million worldwide saw it.
He is a thug on and off the pitch. Any manager with brains and a backbone would have changed the captain a long time ago.
Gerrard and Ferdinand are the obvious choices for England captain, in that order.
Gerrard especially is the epitome of class on the field and off.
John Terry is a two-bit, stamping, pushing and spitting thug who molests the officials for any decision that does not go their way and is, as if that is not enough, a walking poster boy for kleenex tissue. What a disgrace, what a joke.
He is a made to order footballing idiot and an overrated one at that.
Squiddy - May 26th, 2008 at 12:03 am
It’s easy to tell, when people refer to the Ledley King incident, that they believe any old tripe. Terry and King go way back, to the time they played in the same team together as kids, with JLloyd Samuel and Bobby Zamora. Any claim that he’s “racist” are made by people of undoubted ignorance. So if they believe he spat when nothing is visible on the video, that’s because they want to.
Frankly, it says more about the people making the accusation than anything else.
The irony is, Tevez should’nt have been on the pitch - he should’ve been red-carded for wrenching Makelele’s head round in OPEN PLAY. At least the use of smelling salts by the medical staff shows something did happen, but not-so-surprisingly the ref missed that like he missed Rio booting Joe Cole in the head in open play. Like he broke up attacking play by giving several opposite decisions when Chelsea were on the attack.
Volker “Enemy of football” Roth and his 1st lieutenant of corrupt refereeing, Lubos Michel (who thinks Baros studding Cech in the chest means play-on or send Cech off) have a lot to answer for. They have form.