machina
17-03-2006, 02:00 AM
just thought i'd see what you guys thought...
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Didulica faces jail term
SBS
Austria Vienna's Australian-born goalkeeper Joey Didulica has been charged by authorities for a foul tackle he committed last year, and faces the possibility of a three-year jail sentence.
The 28-year-old former Australian Institute of Sport student has been indicted for "inflicting serious bodily injuries by extreme negligence" during a challenge on Axel Lawaree, which broke the Rapid Vienna player's nose in May 2005.
Didulica served an eight-match ban for the incident, but is now staring at the maximum jail term this latest charge carries; three years.
John Didulica, Joey's brother and the chief executive of Australia's Professional Footballers Addociation, commented that his younger sibling was being dealt with unceremoniously and the charge set a dangerous precedent.
"If this establishes a precedent, it will completely change the way tackles in the game are dealt with," he told The Daily Telegraph.
"This is a hugely disappointing thing to happen to any professional footballer."
"Joey's focus is on his football. He's got the World Cup this year and can't afford to be distracted."
Joey Didulica is a senior international for Croatia and will be hoping to beat this charge, which could potentially ruin his dream of representing his adopted nation at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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Didulica faces jail term
SBS
Austria Vienna's Australian-born goalkeeper Joey Didulica has been charged by authorities for a foul tackle he committed last year, and faces the possibility of a three-year jail sentence.
The 28-year-old former Australian Institute of Sport student has been indicted for "inflicting serious bodily injuries by extreme negligence" during a challenge on Axel Lawaree, which broke the Rapid Vienna player's nose in May 2005.
Didulica served an eight-match ban for the incident, but is now staring at the maximum jail term this latest charge carries; three years.
John Didulica, Joey's brother and the chief executive of Australia's Professional Footballers Addociation, commented that his younger sibling was being dealt with unceremoniously and the charge set a dangerous precedent.
"If this establishes a precedent, it will completely change the way tackles in the game are dealt with," he told The Daily Telegraph.
"This is a hugely disappointing thing to happen to any professional footballer."
"Joey's focus is on his football. He's got the World Cup this year and can't afford to be distracted."
Joey Didulica is a senior international for Croatia and will be hoping to beat this charge, which could potentially ruin his dream of representing his adopted nation at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.