This one's pretty self-explanatory. We all know the spotlight has been on Torres for the past nine months, and for all the wrong reasons. And even though the coverage on him is starting to change slightly after his good performances of late, it'll still be a welcomed respite from the usual Torres gossip-laden reporting we've been barraged with since January.
With Torres not seeing any game time for those three weeks, the press will have no choice but to give up their tirade for the time being. By the time his three week ban is lifted, the attention will most likely be on something or someone else, which will no doubt make Torres feel less pressured when he returns.
I don't know about you, but I've been in considerable Drogba-withdrawl for the past month or so. It seems like it's been so long since we've seen him on the pitch for any significant amount of time. No doubt he'll be anxious to remind the Blues fans that he's still their goal-scoring machine, seeing as he'll most likely be AVB's preferred CF for the three weeks Torres is suspended. Drogba was knocked unconscious nearly a month ago in the Chelsea vs. Norwich game, when Norwich City goalkeeper, John Ruddy made a rash challenge for the ball, but instead struck the Ivorian in the head.
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Sections Chelsea Women Podcasts Features. Transfer Rumours Analysis Full Archive. FanPosts FanShots. Fernando Torres could be facing additional discipline New, comments. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. The referee, Mike Dean, booked Torres for tripping Vertonghen in the buildup to their altercation but the fact he had not then witnessed Torres raising a hand to his marker had potentially opened the possibility of the FA referring the incident to its new three-man panel of ex former referees.
However, having taken statements from all the officials at White Hart Lane, the governing body determined that the assistant referee closest to the incident, Jake Collin, had seen "the coming together of the two players, albeit not in its entirety".
Torres's scratch had been to the left side of Vertonghen's face, with the assistant on the other side of the players and therefore unsighted. But, because the linesman had effectively seen the forward raise his a hand, the FA concluded it could not refer the matter to its panel.
Incidents that have been seen by officials, even in part, can be referred only in"exceptional circumstances" and the FA did not consider this matched that criteria. Torres's subsequent dismissal came when Vertonghen appeared to suggest serious contact after an aerial challenge between the two, an overreaction that continues to rile Mourinho. To protect English football and the culture of English football is to protect people who play the game with emotion, and make everything English football what it is.
They punish when you don't respect the integrity of game by simulating.
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