Zlatan escapes video punishment
Tuesday 12 October, 2004
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will not be suspended as video evidence wasn't used to judge a headbutting incident.
The Juventus striker was caught on camera trying to headbutt Emilson Sanchez Cribari during the 1-0 win away to Udinese on October 3.
The press believed that this footage would be used, but in Italy video evidence can only be viewed if the incident is not referred to in the referees' report.
It has emerged that official Stefano Farina noted, "I kept the
situation in my eye line and did not consider it worthy of punishment."
This is good news for the Bianconeri, who are already without the
injured David Trezeguet and Alessandro Del Piero for this weekend's clash with Messina. The captain is still on the road to recovery from an Achilles tendon problem and it's increasingly unlikely he can even make the bench.
Three Serie A players will be suspended for the Week 6 games. They are Mauro Esposito (Cagliari), Davide Zoboli (Brescia) and Gaetano Fontana (Fiorentina).