Uefa have just confirmed that Arsenal have won their appeal against the two-match ban awarded to Eduardo for his (alleged) penalty winning dive against Celtic in their Champions League qualifier last month which Arsenal won 3-1.
The Croation was originally suspended for twomatches, but Arsenal appealed and the ban has now been overturned.
The Croatia striker was initially suspended for allegedly diving to win a penalty against Celtic in their Champions League qualifier at the Emirates at the end of August.
According to the Uefa website: “The Uefa Appeals body today accepted the appeal lodged by Arsenal FC against the two-match suspension handed to striker Eduardo.
“Following examination of all the evidence, notably the declarations of both the referee and the referees’ assessor, as well as the various video footage, it was not established to the panel’s satisfaction that the referee had been deceived in taking his decision on the penalty.”
“Therefore, the decision of the Uefa Control and Disciplinary Body of Sept 1, in which the player was suspended for two Uefa club competition matches, is annulled.”
It’s now believed that the Premier League will put forward a panel of judges for each game until the end of the season to award marks for duration, quality and artistic merit and Franny Lee will make a monthly guest appearance on Match of the Day to award the prize for the best diver, replacing the now boring Goal of the Month competition
