Cakir told newspaper AS: 'I feel good and I do not doubt my decisions. Nani's red was correct. The world will realise the truth over time.'
There is absolutely nothing in the rules to support the decision to give Nani a straight red.
Quoting directly now:
A player is sent off and shown the red card if they commit any of the following seven offences:
Serious foul play
Violent conduct, such as throwing a punch
Spitting at an opponent or another person
A player other than the goalkeeper denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity by deliberately handling the ball
Denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving towards the player's goal by an offence punishable by a free-kick or a penalty kick
Using offensive or insulting or abusive language and/or gestures
Receiving a second caution in the match
We can rule out all but the bolded part, "serious foul play". cnut Cakir, should he be brought to the witness stand, would have to argue that Nani was guilty of "serious foul play". What is "serious foul play"?
‘A player is guilty of serious foul play if he uses excessive force or brutality against an opponent when challenging for the ball when it is in play.
A tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent must be sanctioned as serious foul play.
Any player who lunges at an opponent when challenging for the ball from the front, from the side or from behind using one or both legs, with excessive force and endangering the safety of an opponent is guilty of serious foul play.
We can rule out "the use of excessive force".
We can rule out "a tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent".
But what about "lunges at an opponent"? Nani clearly did not lunge at Arbeloa from the front or from behind. But what about "the side"? Arbeloa, as we all know, himself came from the side and behind of Nani. Let's take one more look, cnut:
Nani committed to controlling the ball in the air before he knew Arbeloa was charging into the play. It was not a "lunge at an opponent", as there was no opponent in that space at the time Nani committed to the ball. Had Arbeloa been in that space and Nani went in with a chest high boot, such as De Jong on Alonso in 2010, that would absolutely be a red card. But Nani didn't even know Arbeloa was coming from behind. This was in no way a serious foul.
There is no "truth" the world will ever "realise", you Turkish shitbag.
But if, in your mind you piece of shit cnut, you believe Nani v Arbeloa was a straight red, then why is this -- Arbeloa v Evra straight on -- only a yellow?
Fukkin hell.