There's No Punching in Soccer
Posted September 13, 2007 Posted Under: Cheats & Thugs, Euro 2008It seems Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari forgot that he was at a soccer match and not a boxing match yesterday. After Serbia held Portugal to a 1-1 draw, Portugal winger Ricardo Quaresma and Serbia's Ivica Dragutinovic decided to exchange a few words. Then Scolari decided to intervene. Television broadcasts show that Dragutinovic slapped Scolari's arm away... and Scolari's answer? A left jab.
Of course both parties have different sides of the story - Scolari says he didn't touch Dragutinovic and Dragutinovic swears Scolari brushed his cheek.
It seems that so far only Dragutinovic has been the only one that was punished, as he was shown a red card after the final whistle.