http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwHPJouh_y8
Yesterday’s tackle from Hamburg’s Paolo Guerrero has been dubbed the worst challenge in all European competition this season by German daily Bild. Have a look for yourself.
The challenge occurred in the 54th minute of Hamburg’s crushing 4-0 defeat to Stuttgart in the Bundesliga and unsurprisingly, resulted in a sending off for Guerrero.
As can be seen above, the player appears to lose all control while heading for Stuttgart ‘keeper Sven Ulreich and appears to deliberately target the shot-stopper’s left leg before leaving him in a crumbling heap on the grass.
Already there have been calls in the German press for the Peruvian striker to face a 6-8 game ban for the tackle but as of his writing, no official punishment has been announced.
The player has a history of brutish behaviour in the Bundesliga, having once suffered a five-match ban for strike a fan with a water bottle in 2010. Lovely guy…
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