urban.spaceman Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 Oh no: Samir Nasri tells Jamie Vardy to ‘play the game like a man’ after red card Stuart James Wednesday 15 March 2017 22.30 GMT Samir Nasri said Jamie Vardy should ‘play the game like a man’ after their altercation at the King Power Stadium. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Samir Nasri has branded Jamie Vardy a cheat and accused the Leicester City striker of getting him sent off by playacting during the second half of Sevilla’s Champions League last-16 defeat at the King Power Stadium on Tuesday night. Sevilla were trailing 2-0 and Nasri was on a booking when he squared up to Vardy, who stumbled backwards after the two went forehead to forehead, with the Frenchman later claiming that he made no contact with the England international. “He didn’t say anything but he played it well,” Nasri said. “We went face to face and then he fell on the floor [in fact he stayed on his feet]. I thought the English player was tougher than that. He was the one who came to my face.” Both players were shown yellow cards by Daniele Orsato, the Italian referee, resulting in Nasri being dismissed and forcing Sevilla to play the final 15 minutes with 10 men on a night when Leicester won 3-2 on aggregate to secure their place in the Champions League quarter-finals. Nasri was incensed at the time of his sending-off and took an age to leave the pitch as he tried to confront Vardy, who has strongly denied the allegation that he cheated. Players from both teams intervened to restrain the former Arsenal midfielder, who could face an additional one-match ban from Uefa for his response to the red card. Nasri, however, pointed the finger of blame at Vardy for the flashpoint. “For me, he is a cheat,” Nasri said. “Because if he was a foreign player, you, the English press, would say he is a cheat. They were winning 2-0; play the game like a man. Win it. You are not better than us but you are winning 2-0, you will qualify [for the quarter-finals], just play the game. You have quality, you are an international player, you don’t need to do that.” Responding to Nasri’s comments, Vardy said: “I’m not a cheat and I never have been. That’s all I’ve got to say on the matter.” A Leicester spokesman said: “The club refutes entirely any allegation that questions the professional integrity of Jamie or any of its players.” Tensions were still running high after the final whistle and it is understood that Nasri waited for Vardy in the tunnel. There was no conversation between the two of them but Nasri made it clear that he would like to have told Vardy what he thought about what happened. “I would love to speak to him but, you know, too many cameras, too many security [people], and I have to think about next year and not getting a big suspension,” he said. Nasri, who is on a season’s loan from Manchester City, did accept that he reacted initially. “I think it was a foul or something. Then he pushed me and I said: ‘What are you doing?’ Then he came in my face. That’s what happened. I did [react] but I didn’t touch him, I didn’t do anything with my head.” Asked whether he thought Vardy dived, Nasri replied: “You don’t think so? Look at the image. Yes he did it, but he did it well. I should have thought about it before and been smarter. If I tell the truth I think you won’t be able to write it.” Steven Gerrard, who was covering the game as a pundit for BT Sport, described Nasri’s actions as “stupid and amateur for a player of his experience”, mindful of the fact that the 29-year-old was walking a tightrope because of his earlier caution. Nasri did acknowledge that he should have handled things better. “I was surprised but, like I said, I should have thought about it and not reacted. But come on, man, I am losing, I see the whole thing, coming out of the Champions League, which is a big blow for us. It was just a reaction.” He must have missed that bit where he actually headbutted Vardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLAN Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 He's twice the man Vardy is too many pies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGFox Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 Jog on fatso! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajthefox Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 Vardy didn't cheat but he knew full well what he was doing. Nasri makes a couple of fair points but he only has himself to blame really he should've just stood still or walked away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theessexfox Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 It was a yellow card offence, whatever Vardy made of it. Melt of the highest order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 Player reacts stupidly, tries to deflect the blame. Big deal and a lesson to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_w Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 Awkward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Wall Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 9 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: Oh no: Samir Nasri tells Jamie Vardy to ‘play the game like a man’ after red card Button it tubby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridFox Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 He dived around and fouled enough times to merit another booking anyway. What a sore loser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innovindil Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 #NoFuchsGiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The whole world smiles Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 Vardy did pretend there was contact, to get a fellow professional send off it's sad to see to be honest. If it was the other way round we would be going balastic! He also dives for freekicks and penalty's and hooks his leg around defenders to engineer contact. However.... All the honesty and integrity left the sport years ago. Jamie Vardy is just a product of the modern game its a win at all costs, multi billion pound industry. As sad as it is to see i would rather our players were good at the seedier side of the game and i hope we continue to manipulate the refs to our advantage than watch our opposition do it to our disadvantage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue army 1988 Posted 15 March 2017 Share Posted 15 March 2017 They both got a yellow card for it. That's fair enough. It wasn't Vardys fault that Nasri already had a yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifted*fox Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 Nasri crying into his paella. **** off you pathetic little cvnt. If we look back through Nasri's career highlight reels are we going to see 100% clean play, no cheating, no diving? Like **** are we. Hypocritical cvnt. He has nobody else to blame. If he was a half decent professional his forehead wouldn't have been anywhere near Vardy's in the first place. What a total bell-piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1FOX Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 Whether vardy nearly went down or not was irrelevant. The ref gave them both a yellow and would have done either way. No idea why so much is being made of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 The fat fecks kick on Wilf deserved a red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fazzyfox Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 Who ate all the paella, who ate all the paella.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz93 Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 Maybe he should look at himself and realise that he shouldn't have booted Wilf's legs from under him to put him on a yellow in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sm1 Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 "play the game like a man" So says Nasri who gets his girlfriend to fight his battles, like the one he had against Didier Deschamps. The man's a fat cvnt who tried his best to provoke Vardy after the red card and then had a few words with Stowell as he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchsntf Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 Vardy is ours, he can do what the bloody hell he likes, at least he didnt flop to the floor clutching at his face and rolling around...cos thats what foreigners do...innit!!! Vards just hasnt perfected it yet... To be fair Sevilla players, were quite well behaved, no ott moaning or diving. Nasri spoilt it for them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 35 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said: Vardy did pretend there was contact, to get a fellow professional send off it's sad to see to be honest. If it was the other way round we would be going balastic! He also dives for freekicks and penalty's and hooks his leg around defenders to engineer contact. However.... All the honesty and integrity left the sport years ago. Jamie Vardy is just a product of the modern game its a win at all costs, multi billion pound industry. As sad as it is to see i would rather our players were good at the seedier side of the game and i hope we continue to manipulate the refs to our advantage than watch our opposition do it to our disadvantage! If Vardy goes in head to head with someone when he's on a booking i'm going ballistic at him for being such an idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The whole world smiles Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 2 minutes ago, Goober said: If Vardy goes in head to head with someone when he's on a booking i'm going ballistic at him for being such an idiot Yes Nasri was stupid to do it i never said he wasn't but if Nasri had pushed vardy put his head into his then flung himself backwards when vardy reciprocated people would be pretty irate on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goober Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 5 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said: Yes Nasri was stupid to do it i never said he wasn't but if Nasri had pushed vardy put his head into his then flung himself backwards when vardy reciprocated people would be pretty irate on here. Absolutely, but that's football. People keep forgetting they both just got a booking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mezeker Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 my only issue with this is the english media and how they treat perceived acts of gamesmenship from english vs foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grewks Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 The ref had one of three choices: 1. Do nothing, just a word etc. 2. Give them both a yellow. 3. Send them both off. It was just unfortunate for Sevilla that the ref chose the option which punished them, more than it did us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnglishOxide Posted 16 March 2017 Share Posted 16 March 2017 It's gamesmanship. Not cheating. Vards has been manipulating the rules for years (manufacturing contact for penalties sometimes). He and Dele Alli are about the only two English players who are any good at it. It's fine by me, it's about time us English copped on. Bayern, Barca, Madrid, Atletico have been doing it for years and years (in fact it goes back decades, look at Souness kicking the shit out of everyone in his day). It's no coincidence that the above are world class teams. It's all about winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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