Kovaahan Nige tuli ja vähän myöhässä, yleensä hän ajoittaa kovat taklauksensa perfecto. Eikä missään nimessä ole likainen pelaaja, joka huvikseen sääriä katkoo. Osui palloon, osui myös pelaajaan, kovaa = ikävä seuraus.
No miten sen nyt ottaa. 99,9% pelaajista ei ole ikinä katkonut taklauksellaan jalkoja. De Jong on onnistunut moisessa tässä ihan lyhyen ajan sisälläkin pariin otteeseen. Se on ihan sama osuuko tuollainen taklaus ensin palloon vai ei, niin tuomarin tulee nostaa lappu vaarallisesta pelistä.
""When you see a young, talented player injured like that, of course it has upset everyone in the dressing room."
But it is not just the opposition manager that is criticising the Dutchman. His own international coach, Bert van Marwijk, admitted that De Jong needed to rein in his tackles, saying: "I will talk to Nigel about these situations."
This was not the first time De Jong had broken an opponent's leg, with USA's Stuart Holden also the recipient of another similar tackle during a World Cup warm-up fixture also suffering a broken leg as a result.
His compatriots in his homeland were just as disturbed by De Jong's latest violence, with Sparta Rotterdam manager Jan Everse saying: "He needs to see a mental doctor."
Even more harshly, television pundit Hugo Vorst said: "De Jong is a criminal who needs to be dragged out of football."
However, defenders for the Dutchman came in the form of City's assistant boss Brian Kidd, who insisted: "I didn't think it was a rash challenge.
"There was no malice in it."
Hatem Ben Arfa, Xabi Alonso and Stuart Holden could well disagree."
Mitä Martin Atkinsoniin tulee, niin toivottavasti hänelle tulee eilisestä pelistä loppukauden banni kaikista pillihommista. 2 väärää rankkarituomiota ja sitä kautta ihan ratkaiseva myötävaikutus pelin lopputulokseen = Pilli pois.
