Dida the clown

What a muppet!!!

Fan shouldn't have been on the pitch or touched him, but surely he must have realised it would be caught on film and replayed over and over!

Shame it kinda overshadowed the great result.

 

The fan was more than a little stupid. Celtic could be punished. Regardless of Dida's antics, it's not a clever thing to do.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7027114.stm

 

I completely agree the fan shouldn't have gone near him. But have you seen the incident? That (along with other reporting) is bollox!
There was no "attack", "strike", "slap".
He ran past and as they said on the coverage at the time, it looked almost like a little tickle. A sort of piss-take "no luck mate" type wind up. Nothing in the least bit violent about it.

Shouldn't have happened but some of the reporting (headling grabbing) is a joke!

Celtic fans win many awards so I hope it doesn't get the club into too much trouble.

Dida comes out of the incident looking like a tit IMO. He knew what he was doing, chased the fan for a few seconds before the "attack" floored him. Perhaps trying to get the game abandoned? Maybe after hitting the deck like that he realised he'd have been caught on camera then ended up too embarassed to get back up. At least the AC chairman has said there wont be a complaint from them.

Anyhow... we beat the European champions! We rule!!!

HAIL HAIL!!!

 

Hi MO,

No I didn't see the incident. I assume it was similar to the overaction by Rivaldo in the World cup not so long ago.

Well done to your team.

 

Imagine if rugby players went down so easy (oo err ).

Within 5 minutes of kick off the pitch would be empty.

 

Brian Quinn (Celtic Chairman) comments...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article2588105.ece

Should never have touched him but seriously.... muppet!
He was on the floor for a couple of min's holding his face (unless I'm imagining things that was his shoulder/chest that was tapped!), before being carried off.

I just hope the punishment isn't too much.

 

Dida was a disgrace.
Clubs whose Fans get on the pitch must be dealt with draconianly.
Dida must be given a disrepute charge.
Celtic can expect the match to be awarded to the opposition.

 

I just think its pathetic the amount of "acting" that goes on in the game. The Rivaldo incident is probablythe tip of the iceberg.

To be able to chase someone and then get knocked off your feet like that is unbelievable. Dida is pathetic and as Bob says should be hit with a disrepute charge.

 

Bob, AC are happy to let the result stand. I agree he shouldn't have done it but 90th minute winner against the European Champions... of course emotions were high. He didn't look like he had any intention of trying to attack Dida.

If results get changed maybe it would influence other "fans" to follow suit when things aren't going their way?
Conspiracy theory: Perhaps he was an AC fan in disguise trying to get the game abandoned?

 

Agreed.

Can't do both IMO. If Dida is given a disrepute charge because he overreacted, surely it means the fan's touch wasn't as strong as implied by him, also bear in mind that he initially chased the fan. The fan should be punished, but Celtic shouldn't lose the game for his actions.

 

The fan (not a season ticket holder), has been given a life ban by the club for all home and away matches. He turned himself in.

 

Dev
You can do both.
Dida cheated.
My point though is that the fan could just as easily have had a stanley knife on him and his mere presence on the pitch should be dealt with severely.
Attempting to link the two is clearly in the interests of Celtic trying to reduce their culpability.

 

Should have would have could have.

He could have had a minigun on him and drilled the entire crowd, but he didn't. I don't think there is a precedent for the match being awarded to AC for that type of 'incident'.

The idiot will be caught and rightly banned for life. Strathclyde Police will no doubt devote disproportionate resources, to ensuring he receives criminal punishment far and above what he could expect for doing the same to an elderly person on the street (your average pensioner would have battered the hapless ned). We should be fined, end of story.

Storm in teacup, there should probably be more from uefa about the melee at the other end when we scored, a steward was stretchered off after getting squashed and players ran into the crowd.

What was funny was the BBC and TV reporting before they had actually watched the Dida incident. Clowns.

That aside. Cracking result, would have been a great night to be there. If only we didn't play like star struck schoolboys away from home.

Oops, just read MO's post, he has been banned

 

No precedent! They are legion. Here's a recent one from your neck of the woods.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3129567.stm

 

I'm sure there are legions of examples but that isn't one Bob

4 fans invaded the pitch and broke the goalposts!

Sad though in the last game. I'll bet if they had a spare set they'd have played on.

Mind you, maybe if the 'fan'* had snapped a corner flag on his way out last night they'd have had to call a halt to proceedings.



*He was 27 ffs! What a loser!

 

No one was hurt yet the game was awarded to the opposition.

 

That is true Bob but that is about the only similarity in this tenuous link.

Please read on for my lengthy reply.....

Differences are:

1. They broke the goalposts at a Scottish 2nd division game. For those who haven't been to one of these think Vauxhall Conference but with less cash. They could have put some jumpers down but you can't keep all those folks hanging around for an hour and a bit while somebody gaffer tapes the goals together.

'And referee Bobby Orr told BBC Scotland that he was forced to call a halt to the Scottish First Division match because it (the goal) could not be repaired and due to police advice.'*

2. Airdrie were the away side, and were losing 1 - 0 on 20 minutes

3. It was the last game Airdrie would ever play, this had been decided before the match and was widely known amongst all concerned.

4. The match was abandoned. There are 2 possible outcomes from an abandoned match these are:

a. The match is re-scheduled - not possible Ayr had gone
bust.

b. The match is awarded 3 - 0 in favour of one or the other
team.

5. The decision was made by the SFA not UEFA

6. 'About 50-60 Airdrie fans ran on to the pitch, forcing Orr to take the players back to the dressing-room as he feared for their safety.' *

None of these things happened last night, 1 person ran on the pitch. I'm sure if you look in a dictionary you will find that the guy's actions probably don't even meet the criteria for an assault. The legal definition may be tighter.

If nobody being hurt and one person being on the pitch were the criteria for forfeiting a game I think streakers might find themselves out business.

Although UEFA have a previous with us and Rapid Vienna in the 80's. I still can't see the precedent for awarding this game to AC. They don't want it and it wouldn't make any sense.

*http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/airdrieonians/1955075.stm


P.S. Note to self, turn PC off BEFORE going to pub. It will get me an extra hour in bed.

 

Dida's great!

I was at Elland Road a few years ago when we needed to beat AC Milan in the Champions League. At 0-0, in the 92nd minute, Lee Bowyer hit a hopeful shot which Dida tried to catch and ended-up throwing it into the back of his own net.

I don't think he fell over to hide his embarassment then.

The result should stand. Celtic should be fined and made to play the remainder of their group games behnd closed doors.

 

Yep I think Celtic should be fined (modestly) to put off any other stupid twats from running on the pitch. Dida, on the other hand, is a cheating shit and should be publicly humiliated (although he's done that on his own) and banned for a few matches for such a disgraceful display (but he won't be).

I'd almost forgotten the Rivaldo thing, hilarious but very sad at the same time. I don't understand why such a talented player should feel the need to do something so utterly crap.

 

So a fan runs on the pitch and you want to punish him even more severely because he 'could' have been holding a stanley knife!!!?
Sorry but that's just f***ed up.
It was a playful tap on the cheek-it was a pitch invasion by one over exhuberant fan and not an assault-if anything the lifetime ban is way too severe IMO.
Celtic need a suitable punishment for poor stewardship for the tie.
The behavior of Dida on the other hand was dishonest and likely to incite the home fans.