July 27, 2005

Spitting, Soccer, Playing Dirty: Normal?

Real Madrid's shocking 3-0 loss to Tokyo Verdy in soccer comes with controversy. Beckham and Toda don't like each other and let it show. Words and spit flew.

"Toda spat in my face. That in life is horrible but in football no players like that," he said. "Our players saw it and weren't happy about it." Real boss Wanderley Luxemburgo weighed into the argument, alleging that Toda provoked Beckham. "Toda was very dirty," said the Brazilian. "He kicked Beckham when the ref wasn't looking. At half-time some of the players got over-excited."

Oddly, I could easily see how spitting would occur during a soccer game. Actually, I would think it was normal. Spit on. . . Anybody ever been spat on? What'd you do? Or what would you if you were spat on?

Posted by anthony at July 27, 2005 11:04 PM | TrackBack