Seanus: I think he meant it but that's just my interpretation. The point is, you don't put your studs down on sb's leg like that. At speed, you run the risk of what he did. The play was heated before he jumped in so that's extra evidence for my case.
i don't think this should have anything to to with legal action, court, police etc etc. As for putting your studs down on somebodies leg, the good point you make but seem to miss it 'at speed' As i said to espana, it all happens within a split second.
Seanus: What about Roy Keane's challenge on Haaland? There was pretty clear intent there and in many other cases. Look at the Cameroon guy's (Kana Biyik??) challenge on Claudia Caniggia way back. His intent was crystal clear. I could list many more.
of course there are cases where there is intent, usually though this happens in cases where there is an ongoing fude or where a situations has deleloped through a number of encounters/games.
Kenneth78: To be honest I don't see this. Axel Witsel jumps in, moves his foot forwards, and then moves his foot right down, studs first. If he don't try to hurt the other player i really wonder how he was planning to handle the ball with such a mowement like that?
well obviously its not about instant control, probably more to do with the fact he is trying to get 'anything' on the ball before Marcin, in this case Marcin was to quick for him. I think we all know that strikers are not the best tacklers in the world, the technique is missing some what from their tackling.
Kenneth78: But any way we look at this, Witsel made a big misjudgment of his action in this situation.
i totally agree with that
Kenneth78: Also the czech Jan Polak was injured before this tackle and could be out for several months. Looks like the Standard Liege players was out to get the Anderlecht players in this game.
ow come on, its a game between two rivals, that does not mean they are all out the hurt each other!!!! I've attended and watched many Rangers/Celtic games, some say its the best derby and most fierce. Yet there are not broken legs and fifteen injuries everytime the two play.
Kenneth78: About this tackle I've read in Norwegian newspapers that this was a planned revengetackle by Keane due to a tackle that Haaland executed on Keane in an earlier meeting between this two players
you see, its history, i doubt there is any history or bad goings on between Marcin and Alex. Apart from the fact they play for two different teams
Polanglik: Tornado … I have watched the clip many times now, and there is no way you can claim that Axel is going for the ball …. his approach is to go over the ball and stamp/come down hard on Wasilewski’s leg!
all i can say is that we have a different point of view, i'm not going to go on about 'have you ever played the game' bla bla bla bla bla, all i will say though is it is hard to read the mind/intent of a player if you are not actually him.
Polanglik: This was not a case of Alex being late in his tackle …. he could have pulled out instead of following through and ‘stamping’ down hard on Waslilewski’s leg.
how long did the tackle last from start to finish!! it was all a bit quick and sudden, the actions were quicker than any thought he could of processed in time to pull out of the tackle. As i said before it looked as though he realised what was about to happen (hands in the air thing) but could not do anything about it, he was more or less in the air.
Polanglik: I have watched and played football for many years to know the difference between a hard, aggressive and late tackle, and one which is over the top and a blatant ‘stamping’.
so have and so do i, thats all i'm going to say, i've made a few late tackles and shown in my example above, caused damage to somebody. Of course not on purpose but from the outside it could of looked like i did.
Polanglik: I have no idea where you get the idea that Axel was trying to get out of the tackle, and I do not see any sign that he is apologising in advance.
he has both hands in the air as he is coming down, that is not a usual thing to do when you are coming from an upright position.
Polanglik: Football always brings up many talking points, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion; on this occasion it appears we will differ on the level of ‘intent’ by Axel in his challenge on Wasilewski. You will stand by your opinion that it was a hard aggressive tackle that was late …. I on the other hand will stick to my opinion that there was no attempt to play the ball, and that he went over the top and came down hard on Wasilewski’s leg resulting in a horrific injury which we all hope will not end his career. Alex could have pulled out of the challenge instead of jumping in and coming down with full force on Wasilewski’s leg.
its a game of opinions, thre will always be differing views about anything in life, let alone football.
I hope nobody thinks that i am condoning such a tackle, i am not, i just don't like to jump on a guys back when an event can occur in such a short amount of time.
espana: very similar to eduardo injury.,,,, no sorry it is worse the marcin :(
another tackle that was also an accident due to the fact Eduardo was 'too quick' to the ball for the defender.
PolskaDoll: Witsel is not even looking at the ball when he goes in for the "tackle", he looks down as his foot comes down. He may not have intended the injury he caused but he certainly wasn't going for the ball.
surely if you were making a tackle you would be looking down if that is where you foot is heading, the ball is there one second and not the next. Yes he made a mistake and a bad one at that but please don't start saying 'he wanted to break his leg'
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