Above: Spain's Andres Iniesta celebrates the most important goal in the nation's history, which secured a 1-0 win over the Netherlands to capture the FIFA World Cup on Sunday. The celebration, however, will cost the midfielder. After scoring the goal, Iniesta removed his jersey, thereby exposing a sleeveless shirt beneath with the message: "This Shirt Has No Sleeves." FIFA, soccer's governing body, has a strict no sleeveless shirt policy for all players involved in international competition. It is likely that Iniesta will receive a yellow card for the stunt and be forced to pay a sizable fine. "I wanted to show FIFA that shirts with no sleeves are really not all that bad. I guess I pushed it a bit by taunting them with a written message," said a quiet Iniesta.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
World Cup: FIFA to fine player for sleeveless shirt
Above: Spain's Andres Iniesta celebrates the most important goal in the nation's history, which secured a 1-0 win over the Netherlands to capture the FIFA World Cup on Sunday. The celebration, however, will cost the midfielder. After scoring the goal, Iniesta removed his jersey, thereby exposing a sleeveless shirt beneath with the message: "This Shirt Has No Sleeves." FIFA, soccer's governing body, has a strict no sleeveless shirt policy for all players involved in international competition. It is likely that Iniesta will receive a yellow card for the stunt and be forced to pay a sizable fine. "I wanted to show FIFA that shirts with no sleeves are really not all that bad. I guess I pushed it a bit by taunting them with a written message," said a quiet Iniesta.
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