http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu-3m51qdLs
In 1996, Robbie Fowler won the FIFA Fair Play Award thanks to an
incident at Highbury, where he was awarded a penalty but tried to
persuade the referee that Arsenal keeper David Seaman had not
fouled him. Such good sportsmanship is rare in the beautiful game
these days, but Rapid Bucharest midfielder Costin
Lazăr has reminded us that integrity in the face of a goal
scoring opportunity still exists.
During a Romanian Liga 1 match with Otelul Galati last week, the
Romanian was awarded a penalty, but refused to take it as he did
not believe he was fouled. Unlike Fowler, Lazăr was able to
persuade the referee that he had made the wrong decision, and a
drop ball was awarded instead.
