A few weeks after that infamous tackle on a Newcastle United player, Nigel De Jong attracted wrong publicity which lead to his national manager leaving him out of the 1-0 victory over Moldovia yesterday. There has already bee a term coined as to 'van Jong' someone, referring to assaulted in broad daylight, usually sustaining horrific injuries, and then suffers the double-whammy of seeing the perpetrator walk away without any punishment. 'van' is from Mark Van Bommel who was his companion in crime in that vicious tackle infested 2010FIFA World Cup final against eventual winners, Spain.
That World Cup had had the term 'Suarez' coined after the exploits of Luis Suarez's antics to deny Ghana a clear passage to the semi-final in unorthodox and illegal means - a win at all cost action that left a bitter taste in many African mouths. The terms has been used as a verb and a noun to describe some political dictators as well. This case came long after Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand Of God’ that happened in the 1986 World Cup when Peter Shilton was beaten hands down looking for the referee to rescue him from the embarrassment.
You will remember the 'Green' goal that England concede against the USA in the same World Cup. All silly and embarrassing situations or mistakes have been described as a 'Green' situation. The ball took some flake as all goalkeepers blamed it for its ununiform travel. Being Jabulani’d was then used to describe when a goalkeeper is left helpless during a strike that has the unpredictable trajectory of a plastic petrol station ball, or, the term used to illustrate the attempt to eliminate skill and transform the beautiful game into a kick-and-rush slog fest via the use of plastic petrol station balls. It applies to real life situations.
Vuvuzelad- often an excuse by players not carrying out instructions by the coached because of the making of artificial or natural noise. The term is widely used in South Africa. I mentioned a few hand situations of Maradona and Suarez, but then we cannot leaveThierry Henry’s ‘Hand Of The devil’against Ireland. He would be very jealous. The Irish luck came to haunt France as they performed poorly and were eliminated in the first round. So much for the 'luck'.
Watching the flight of the ball and the attack seeming ended, Yeoga must have thought that the ball had gone out of play and play had been stopped. She caught the ball as if it were the natural thing to do and then just dropped it on the ground for restart of play. After having been on the pitch for so long, and losing the game by 1-4, she must have wanted things wrapped up quickly to save their team from the live day nightmare.
Cute was the referee’s decision to understand there were no ill intentions here and just awarded a penalty. The referee understood her misjudging the situation and did not book her. You can now refer to any life situation of the same nature as Yeoga.
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