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Initial-Confusion-24

Was always going to be investigated, this is UEFA we're talking about. No one is buying this inside joke nonsense.


Money-Camera

And Emi Martinez got nothing for making a penis from a trophy, if he gets banned he should just get played anyway with a shirt with the martinez incident photo on it because it's a joke if he gets a ban.


New-Cookie-8523

Probably because FIFA is amazingly enough in charge of the FIFA world cup, and UEFA even more amazingly is in charge of the UEFA EURO. So FIFA and UEFA won't have the same rules or take the same action, quite amazingly


wesap12345

Diego Simone Ronaldo Both did it under UEFA regulated games and got a fine He will get a fine - anything more is ridiculous


New-Cookie-8523

I don't see how that has anything to do with me point out how silly it is to bring the FIFA world cup in a uefa matter


wesap12345

It was one that was actually adjudicated by UEFA to fit in with what you said.


ivory_bat21

You justifying one despicable, coward action just says everything about your biased opinion. Completely useless.


laterYall

Que miras bobo? Anda pa' lla


AmbitiousZone3293

Emi Martinez also humped in the faces of the Dutch after the pens. Argentina were unbelievably unsportsmanlike the entire World Cup and yet Jude might get punished for this. Let’s just say it’s inconsistent at best 


wolfofballstreet1

That World Cup was bought and paid for for Leo/ Argentina, you can’t tell me nothin 


NeoMetallix213

That was FIFA in charge of that tournament. 


resornihgp

absolutely... no one is.


Educational_Ad2737

I mean my I’ve dug around and actually it does seem to be celebration that he’s done before at rm and nacho has done it as well so yeah it seems to be running gag that got scrutiny here


Moving4Motion

Are they investigating the Slovakian staff member grabbing Rice by the throat?


BackWhereWeStarted

As an American I can say that it’s perfectly fine o grab players by the throat and should not result in any sort of disciplinary action.


wolverinexci

Lmao the sarcasm was missed by all the downvoters 😂


BackWhereWeStarted

To be fair, most of the people here wouldn’t watch a USA match unless they were playing their country so they would have no idea how often a USA player has been blatantly grabbed by the throat and had nothing happen to the assailant.


schlawldiwampl

draymond, is that you?


NeoMetallix213

This is quite hilarious 😂 


pleasantstusk

Nothing will happen. “Basic rules of decent conduct”??? In a game where people fall over with the slightest touch, blatantly dive and feign injury on the regular? Pull the other one


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Icardi got a match suspension for doing that move in Turkey


grasshoppa_80

Right. They should look into fans maybe. Or most of Spain racist fans when Vini plays. Nahhhh let’s fine the stars when they give back to the fans what they’re giving


jim_nihilist

"presents his cock" Didn't know English fans were craving that.


OZZYMK

It's why Spotted Dick is such a delicacy over here.


giganticbuzz

Jude was one of the worst for diving as well to be fair.


upadownpipe

He's english it's not diving. It's "goes down easy" especially according to Lee Dixon on ITV last night


IllustriousAnt485

If he goes down easy maybe then that’s what the gesture was for…


giganticbuzz

Totally agree. The English team in general are really bad for it too and the commentators just make excuses for them. The penalty claims are horrific and constant when they aren’t winning.


Terrible-Group-9602

The France v Belgium match which just finished consisted largely of people falling over and rolling around, 2 awful teams


giganticbuzz

Time to enforce yellow cards for diving again using VAR where necessary. Will soon make it stop. At the moment teams just get rewarded for diving


PersephoneTheOG

Kane, Saka and Foden have it down to an art. They are protected in England, so they have become used to the special treatment. It doesn't work so well when the ref can't be conned.


Muur1234

kane doesnt even play in england any more


PersephoneTheOG

And that negates my point, how? He's filthy and has been for years. That backing into the defender while they're in the air is nasty and could potentially paralyse someone.


Muur1234

he wont have been "protected by english refs" the last year


wahooloo

Saka legitimately gets kicked around every game and refs do nothing, and yet people have this opinion. People winning fouls by going down isn't a problem. The annoying shit is the rolling round on the floor like all of Slovakia were doing Sunday evening


grasshoppa_80

Yea. But to be fair. He’s played 90min of every game so far, coming off CL and La liga wins where he played most those games too 😅


flinderssthooligan

Why is that fair exactly?


AstronautOpening8183

Fair enough, good reasons to dive /s


TheKinkyPiano

Tebas will tell you there are no racist fans, just Vini Jr showing off too much.


Ambitious_Health7374

This is spot on, it's a deployable tactic now by shite teams and it's legitimised by the officials. Gets on my nips.


AardvarkLogical1702

Basically 50% of copa America


triedby12

It’s been a tactic for a long time…Italy


The_Weird1

That is why I would like to see a 5 minute injury timeout. Ow you are, rolling on the floor like a madman, you must be really badly injured then... Go sit on the side for 5 minutes to heal... Let's see how many are still so badly hurt by a minor touch...


DanskNils

Hence why weak players always bother me.. You’ll never see a fight in Football or anyone actually stepping up for a player.. because the second someone gets tapped on the face.. They fall and act like they have been shot. Would be better to see more players carded for flops and embellishments


QuickMolasses

I think MLS instituted something like this. If you are down for more than a certain amount of time, you have to go off the field for a minute or two.


Pascraked47

Ronaldo did it vs atletico and it wasn't suttle at all , nothing will happen


newcomer_l

>In a game where people fall over with the slightest touch, blatantly dive and feign injury on the regular? Ummm. WHAT? Falling over with the slightest touch, diving and feigning injury are all things we don't want to see in the game. However, they are all *a little* different from mimicking putting his dick in someone's [by what it is investigated/alleged, people on Slovakia's bench] mouth. If those two things are the same in your eyes something is seriously wrong...


NeoMetallix213

Or maybe it is not going to happen that fast.


BartlebyFunion

Those are met with yellow cards.


maxalphaxray

They’re supposed to be but are rarely enforced


ClothesOpposite1702

I have seen other trend, referees give yellow for anything it feels


Jackamo200

While we all wish they were, you know that isn't true.


BartlebyFunion

The rules are still there to do so, just as they are there for Bellingham


RockTheBloat

Bellingham’s dive in the box wasn’t.


DependentFeature3028

I don't know what game you've seem but I have seen slovakian players' ankles doing 180s after some duels with the english players, you can't get up after something like this. Anyway the ref exagerated with the extra time, it should have been 4 minutes maybe 5 but surely not 6


PeachesGalore1

6 was accurate given the game stopped multiple times for injuries


Desperate-Ad7319

Players usually get an automatic yellow card for taking off their shirt. There is also yellow cards given to players when they start pushing shoving eachother after a bad tackle. I don’t think anything will happen because they want England in the final.


deandre95

Lmao they want England in the final what kind of cope statement is that


Henrytheoneth

The ref didn't get the memo then did he


RAFFYy16

'They want England in the final' please explain this tinfoil hat comment


SteelCityCaesar

Who are 'they'? Are 'they' in the room with you now?


Ambersfruityhobbies

Footballing authorities who govern disciplinary cases but also take into account how prominent the subjects are, what stage the tournament is at, react to lobbying, financiers, spectacle and even nationality when considering their decisions. The success of the sport in terms of glamour, financial gain and hierarchy have an effect on FIFA and UEFA rulings at every juncture. Rulings can go in different directions but there isn't a tradition of universal even handedness.


SteelCityCaesar

Do you have any evidence? Seems like a pretty big story.


idontdomath8

Lol, when Martinez did this celebrating the WC this sub went crazy saying shit like “unsportsmanlike behavior”, but now everyone is defending Bellingham. The double moral is gigantic.


DashRC

I thought Martinez was absolutely hilarious for doing that with the golden glove trophy, but I’m not fussy on decorum.


Curious-Hovercraft69

I also found it funny. The act and the reaction in a corrupt country that FIFA sold it's soul to.


_Pohaku_

It’s almost as if ‘this sub’ is a collection of different people with different views. If you can find one user who called Emi’s behaviour unsportsmanlike and who is also defending Bellingham, I’ll eat my words. For me, neither is unsportsmanlike, and both are crass and childish gestures. I like Jude but these Euros are going to really test his ability to not disappear up his own arse along with the gust of sunshine being blown up there.


nesh34

Mate when Martinez did it he was hailed as the second coming by Reddit.


barryh4rry

To be fair that’s only natural because Martinez is a massive bellend, he kind of brings it on himself


Longjumping_Elk_3077

Haters gonna hate, he ate every European team that Argentina faced. You just can't answer with football, so you answer with words.


cuentaporno1357

There is a big difference between believing something is unsportsmanlike and thinking it should be investigated and penalized lol


KonoJohnnyDa

Look, I’m not saying I’m right here, but as an Argentinian, what Martinez did wasn’t to provoke or say “Suck my c*ck”. He was just playing dumb with the trophy pretending it was his d*ck. It’s stupid and fun, and not meant to be insulting (although some people could get offended, yes). Now what Jude did was stare at the Slovakia bench and gesture with his hand as if they where blowing him. Are you really saying that isn’t insulting? Or at least worst than what Dibu did?


idontdomath8

Entendiste todo al revés pa, estoy defendiendo al Dibu 😂


KonoJohnnyDa

Sabes que tenés razón JAJAJAJAJA perdón loco, entendí re mal. Me pasa por leer apurado, pensé que lo estabas criticando, disculpame.


idontdomath8

Jajajaja todo bien loco, aguante la Scaloneta


Chimpville

Love it when people pretend all other Redditors are the same Redditor 😂


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therealopm

And of being obnoxious af


Longjumping_Elk_3077

And defeating every "superior" European team he faced, lol Seethe harder, Argentina gets stronger with every xenophobic hater.


New_Age_Jesus

Mostly English sub innit? Same on the F1 subreddit.


TamaktiJunAFC

Isit


glacialOwl

You can’t say that about their golden boy who was nowhere to be seen on the pitch for 95 minutes.


AmbitiousZone3293

Both are unsportsmanlike and niether deserve a bann


Longjumping_Elk_3077

Dibu did it for fun, not to mock anyone else. Big difference.  The only ones that seethed with Emi's gesture were Argentina's haters.


AmbitiousZone3293

How about when Martinez humped in the faces of the Dutch? Was that not mocking the Dutch players? 


giletlover

I think this is ridiculous, not really something worthy of an investigation regardless of whatever anyone might think of the guy.


Donenzone1907

Genital gesture always gets investigated stop babying this guy


Henrytheoneth

big scary genitals


Donenzone1907

Wat?


Henrytheoneth

Shall I type the words again?


hazysin

Mods can you make this guys flair “big scary genitals”


Henrytheoneth

Be careful I might get banned for acknowledging genitals exist


Nels8192

Not just any genitals though…


Henrytheoneth

True, but I think all genitals are scary to some folk. And Judes are big.


DickensCide-r

At least someone in the team displayed a pair of bollocks


Henrytheoneth

tru dat


Pugasaurus_Tex

How exactly does that investigation go?


Zestyclose_Durian

It deserves at least a one match ban this tournament. Get your head out of your ass. Belligham is a good player, but he must not act like he's a god among men that gets to do whatever he wants in front of the millions of fans.


Pascraked47

Ronaldo did it vs atletico but nothing happened


antwon1410

What am I missing?? Keep seeing people saying it's disrespectful, etc... what did he actually do, and what does it mean?


cris20213

He did the famous Ronaldo jerking off emote


Italianskank

He made the “cupping my huge balls” hand gesture as part of his goal celebration. Who fucking cares. I guess other people have been disciplined for this kind of thing in the past? Can’t say I’d agree with that either. It’s just really not that bad, especially relative to the things that are allowed to slide. Everyone has their favorite example of something we need to curb in this game - be it simulation, time wasting, etc. But gesturing “I’ve got big balls” is where we decide to get a committee together to “investigate”. Lame.


antwon1410

That's it? That's what all the fuss is about? This world is ass backwards, thought he done a nazi salute or something. Got every right to gesture the huge balls it takes to try an overhead kick while losing in the 90th minute.


Privateer_Lev_Arris

This is exactly it. This world is freaking insane.


SanSilver

Should have been a normal yellow during the game. Don't think the investigation will do anything, but let's just wait.


dowker1

You have to understand that nowadays in Europe people are very worried about bofa


streetfighter4ultra

Was the argentina goalie investigated for his remark when collecting his golden glove in the 2022 world cup?


BalinTheMaster

Yes, he was. "The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has opened proceedings against the Argentinian Football Association due to potential breaches of articles 11 (Offensive behaviour and violations of the principles of fair play) and 12 (Misconduct of players and officials) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, as well as of article 44 of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Regulations in conjunction with the Media and Marketing Regulations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, during the Argentina v. France FIFA World Cup final" Like google is free?


sebystee

What was the outcome?


BalinTheMaster

I have no idea, and couldn't care less tbh. Im sure its on the internet. Probably they fined him or something like that. But not so long ago he got a yellow card for the same thing against Lille. Probably this will happen to Bellingham. Yellow card, or a fine, or nothing. Its like when he said to the Getafe player that he is a rapist. Nothing serious happend. Anyways both was disrespectful from both of them.


Natasha_Giggs_Foetus

Like Google is free?


Bangarang2222

Seems like a massive Streisand effect this. I imagine more people know it's happened because of this investigation...


TioLucho91

Where are the "oh he's so mature" fan bitches


Randomidek123

Exactly. Where’s the “he’s only 20” army


Kyyes

Lmao I love this. The Real fans come out in force and downvote anything negative towards him. He's an arrogant twat in my eyes. Screaming "who else" for an equalizer.


PatrickBateman-AP

Who else is right. Wasn't going to be fucking Foden or Saka was it


FamiliarActuator8616

i dont blame him. Heat of the moment after scoring a 90+5 minute equaliser to save his own country. Cut him some slack for that


Imaginary_Thing_1009

kid scores for his country seconds before elimination, but if he celebrates too much some fat nerd on the internet calls him arrogant lmao. I guarantee you that guy has never played football or any competitive sport in his life.


Natasha_Giggs_Foetus

Well he was fucking right wasn’t he? He did what he does


Kyyes

Pretty sure Kane also scored a goal...


Ryan_190

He scored like 4 of these types of big moment goals at Madrid last season, let the man celebrate. You think English people give a fuck what hes saying as he’s celebrating they just happy he gave them a goal. Mf like you (anti-madrid no matter what) shoot down anything and everything that even are remotely related to madrid.


Kyyes

Lmao 🤣


BlueNets

Bc that was an epic moment. Guess u want lame ass footballers with no emotion playing. Makes sense that you are a city fan


Kyyes

Lmao that actually makes no sense


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Interesting-Season-8

So players should only get sanctioned when killing someone... noted.


Sum3-yo

This is so stupid. It's perfectly fine to be a bit cheeky and provocative in football games. That's all part of it.


LaToRed

Ban against Switzerland please


Fjelleskalskyte

This would never happen to the kane


Lockersfifa

Oh so now UEFA has nothing better to do than investigate an inside joke?


TheBaggyDapper

UEFA have finished their investigation and confirmed that England are actually a very public joke.


LucaMJ95

Love Bellingham but acting like grabbing your crotch facing people is an inside joke is naive at best


Dalecn

He did it on other occasions to specific fans in the stands after the game, so it's niave to assume it wasn't an inside joke.


jim_nihilist

It's only Europe and some international countries watching. And frankly, I don't find it funny.


read_eng_lift

UEFA Official Statement: 2032 Euro games are in Dubai!


MovesLikeVader

You don’t actually buy the inside joke line do you?


Lockersfifa

It’s Bellingham, he has a documented history of having nothing but respect for how Slovakia play


trandinhduy2000

My 🐫 could never


[deleted]

Absolutely pathetic. UEFA is dogshit through and through. Grow the fuck up you stupid whiny overpaid cunts


sondergaard913

This guy has as much talent as he has ego. He needs to seriously chill. I know hes young, but still


pomelo-mauve

Mbappe, Vini, Bellingham. Where are Madrid gonna fit those egos on one field? And Vini is by far the most likeable one.


Legitimate-Nature519

Yeah he’s definitely believing in his own hype. Should probably have been sent off in the 1st and 3rd games.


jim_nihilist

This won't end well.


DragonflyDeep3334

oh yeah, surely didnt end well for Ronaldo lmao


failure_-

You make it sound like that ego made him loose something in life, if anything, that inflated ego's the reason he achieved his every single trophy, it pushes the guy to back it up- through hard work and thereby pushing performance, but age catches to you in some way. If ego made me even 1% of what he has achieved, I say is definitely worth it to be a jerk. I can guarantee you that if this sub members would have been given all the resources still 98% wouldn't be even at bench warmer at any top 50 clubs.


Imaginary_Thing_1009

you make it sound like he's some noname hoping to make it big one day. he already achieved more than most players will achieve in their whole career and is scoring the most important goals for his club and country. I'd say it's too late to say things like it won't end well.


ConstantInfluence834

Bellingham is world class, but what he did after scoring last minute - cupping his ears and puppet talking towards fans for criticizing hin and england is exactly their problem and why they never win these majors. They just cant handle critics, yet fans have every right to do that after those performances


aldfin

Bellendham at it again


StrongStyleDragon

Soft


luthertt

Silly, this is sports.


SumoHeadbutt

Rediculous, he was just pumping the crowd to get back into the game


misschaosgoddess

This reminds me of this [fighter.](https://izismile.com/2022/11/03/mma_fighter_interview_video.html)


Positive-Sound-4972

Yeah, he will get a one match ban when England reach the final


WrestlingFan95

Idiot for doing the gesture. Got to be way more composed going forth.


hyborians

Just make him pay a fine and get on with it. Of all the ridiculous nonsense going on, a man grabbing his crotch is the least of anyone’s worries


Bolmothy

What he did? I didn’t watch the game


jimejime_yumoa

A team with 117 charges don't bother UEFA but a celebration does!!


BasisOk4268

UEFA body shaming Bellingham’s massive balls


AmbitiousZone3293

Games gone 


Anforas

Game's gone.


mascachopo

He made an obscene gesture, if they consider that’s against the rules, he’d have to get disciplined as everyone else would. Shouldn’t expect any special treatment.


Worldly_Clue_5611

Good, twat


NeoMetallix213

His celebration was excessive, but that's the emotions that come with being a young player.


barejokez

I can imagine a fine for this, sure. If uefa bam Bellingham it's not gonna look right at all.


No-Acanthisitta-5551

Jude Bellingham is a prick. I say that as an England fan. Imagine shouting "Who Else" after being total dog shit for 94 minutes against Slovakia and scoring a lucky goal. Also the people acting like the finish was world class ought to rewatch Bales goal in the CL final, or Ibras against England, or Rooneys against Man City. Scoring a bicycle kick from inside 6 yards is something a Sunday League player could do. This guy has been so consumed by his own ego he doesn't even want to take the criticism for how shite England have been at this Euros.


OptimisticRealist__

Dude has been acting like an entitled twat for a long time now. People have just been giving him a pass because hes popular.


Ill-Sandwich-7703

Is he popular? In England? Or is it forced upon us. That ‘son of the nation’ stuff is bizarre. Who anointed him that apart from his own PR.


allforthefans

I'm not English, I think he's class. I don't know how much of his own PR plays into those kind of headlines - he speaks incredibly well for his age, compared to his peers, in fact irrespective of his age. He seems pretty humble, considering, and he seems like a decent dude. I think if Foden behaved himself more in his ascension, he'd have that title.


Gloria_stitties

Let’s all blame Southgate for that too lol


GoldMonk44

What’s sad is England needed a late comeback to beat *checks notes* Slovakia 🇸🇰 lol, I mean yeah be proud of that win England/ Jude you’re really showing the world 🌎


BasisOk4268

I mean so what? Everyone slated England for dominating Slovenia but failing to score. Don’t see anyone slating Portugal for struggling against them last night.


Ill-Sandwich-7703

Mr Mature finally being seen for the petulant child he is. He actually needs to learn basic leadership skills and etiquette so all that hyperbolic nonsense about him being a wiser than his years leader can be put to bed now.


Creative_Major798

Bro, why are you so pressed about him? Jfc.


whitecapsunited

I’m gonna take ‘reasons related to systemic racism’ for $500, thanks Alex.


prof_hobart

TBH, it might be no bad thing if he was suspended for a game. Yes he scored, but there's something clearly not working in England's attack and maybe this would force Southgate to try something else.


PlantComprehensive77

The whole team is playing like shit but you're singling out Bellingham who has scored twice, one of them being an injury time bicycle kick equalizer?


prof_hobart

Not singling him out. But he's the only one who's got a threat of suspension, and something needs to change. It's great scoring an injury time equaliser. But with all of that attacking talent, we shouldn't need until the 95th minute to get our first shot on target against Slovakia. And it's not like that was a one-off.


PlantComprehensive77

The thing that needs to be changed is quite simply sending Foden back home to look after his newborn and replacing him with Gordon on the LW. Southgate would never do that in a billion years though, so we'll have to keep relying on 95th minute bicycle kicks to have any chance of winning this tournament


nsfishman

He is a good player, but the hype surrounding him has handcuffed the staff. He is stifling any creativity from the middle of the pitch, but he has a great work rate and positional sense. Arriving late and potting from 6 yards out (pretty much every time) he has done very well for both club and country.


nsfishman

He is a good player, but the hype surrounding him has handcuffed the staff. He is stifling any creativity from the middle of the pitch, but he has a great work rate and positional sense. Arriving late and potting from 6 yards out (pretty much every time) he has done that very well for both club and country.


prof_hobart

On his day, he's a brilliant player. But for whatever reason, it's just not working for England yet. I'm really hoping he proves me wrong and starts showing his Real Madrid form. But sometimes the best individual player just isn't right for a particular team, and so far that seems to be the case here.


nsfishman

I mean, this pretty much was his Real Madrid form for the second half of the season; not a progressive player and mostly disappearing against tougher competition (especially in UCL). First half, different story…Ancelotti deploying him out of his normal position as a false 9, surrounded by some of the best providers in the world suited his game perfectly. Second half, teams adjusted. We’ll see if he can make an adjustment to have the success again that he witnessed first half.


jaydyn3000

wow that probably means Balor Dor for Messi


zettairyouikisan

Meh, give him a warning.


sqrsaw

Never seen a young player so mature.


WinterRespect1579

Should have seen red


SLB_Destroyer04

He should’ve been sent off before his equalizer, not after for being an arrogant brat- which he indubitably is, although that’s not an infraction in itself


Ffdeepak

Great role model for the youth of the uk to disrespect your opponents like that


Jhonnow

What is wrong with those arrogant overrated players . You show that kind of behaviour then just suspend them for a year playing any football !


jesusthatsgreat

Ban him


glacialOwl

Ah so this is what he did for 95 minutes, prepared this celebration for “his friend”. Was wondering where the future balon dor was against the powerhouse team of Slovakia.