Here’s something C-Ron won’t be doing anytime soon…
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.
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7 responses so far
1 Andy // Mar 31, 2009 at 9:05 am
Fair play to the man…it was a cracking tackle!
2 john // Mar 31, 2009 at 5:39 pm
stuff like this is what makes this the beautiful game.
3 raluca // Mar 31, 2009 at 6:16 pm
he didn’t refuse. the referee changed his mind.
–native speaker
4 raluca // Mar 31, 2009 at 6:23 pm
ok my bad he did refuse it… the commentators in the video just said nothing about it. but it did happen
5 javier // Mar 31, 2009 at 7:48 pm
I think it is a penalty! have a closer look…the body fouls before the defender takes the ball
6 Fabulous // Apr 1, 2009 at 1:20 am
such integrity earns our respect~!
7 Batters // Apr 1, 2009 at 2:52 am
The defender clearly plays the man before the ball. Stone wall penalty in my opinion. The striker must’ve been gutted when he saw the replay.