Should Arsenal striker
Eduardo face a UEFA ban for his outrageous dive against
Celtic?
RAGE ... Arsene Wenger
He raged: "It is a witch hunt. What else is it? If you
take all the games in Europe every week I will give you 10 cases
where UEFA can charge a player. "Diego Maradona scored with his
hand against England in the World Cup and no one charged him.
"We will defend our player. We will take it as far as
we can. "I am 100 per cent against diving but this is a complete
disgrace. We will not accept the way UEFA has treated this
case."
UEFA acted after Scottish FA chief Gordon Smith called
for them to throw the book at Eduardo. Wenger said: "People have
reacted emotionally. This case has been ruled by the media and
emotionally by the Scottish FA.
"Scottish people are working at UEFA. This case is more
sensitive because they have more influence there. "Do you now
charge every defender who tries to cheat the referee? Why not? How
many defenders pull the shirt of a striker?
Eduardo has been charged with "deceiving the
referee" and could be banned for two matches
"It is trying to cheat the referee. Why are
they not charged? "Do you want me to take situations from the game
against Celtic? It was on both sides so why do you not
charge?"
Eduardo has been charged with "deceiving the referee"
and could be banned for two matches if UEFA find him guilty at
Tuesday's hearing. Wenger said: "I believe you can debate whether
it was a penalty or not.
"In this case they don't judge 'is it a penalty or
not'. They're judging whether Eduardo is a cheat or not. That's
where I don't agree. When you watch it's not conclusive."
Wenger added: "I have fought my whole life against
cheating and I've seen obvious cases where UEFA didn't
intervene.
"They have opened a very dangerous door here. It means
every decision made by a referee can from now on be challenged. So
we will from now challenge every decision in Europe, I tell
you."
