Posted on 07/29/2012 11:20:29 AM PDT by Morgana
Abby Wambach tangles with Colombian player, gets punched (Video) 16 hours ago by LBSports
Abby Wambach had a memorable day in Glasgow, Scotland on Saturday for multiple reasons. Not only did Wambach become the leading goal-scorer at the Olympics in US women's national team history, but she also ended up punched in the eye after tangling with one of her opponents.
During the 39th minute of the US's 3-0 win over Colombia, Wambach tangled with Lady Andrade and ended up punched in the eye. It's difficult to tell exactly what happened, but the two made contact after seemingly fighting for position. Lady Andrade's hand ended up smacking Wambach in the eye either intentionally or incidentally, and Wambach went down immediately.
The 32-year-old forward, whose eye was swollen after the game, described the incident as a sucker punch.
"I'm running toward the goal to get position, and I got sucker-punched," said Wambach, according to The Associated Press. "It's clear. We have it on film, so it's up to the Olympic committee and FIFA to decide what to do."
Lady Andrade had a different take on the incident.
(Excerpt) Read more at olympics.yardbarker.com ...
We should carpet bomb Medillin. j/k
Looks like she elbowed the Colombian player first. Terrible camera work, though.
Lady Andrade(most inappropriate name) should be banned from the Olympics. That was not inadvertent.
Yawn. Another overly-dramatic soccer fall.
Let’s see you get punched, Rambo.
I volunteer to do the punching.
Is she the one that pulls peoples hair?
Here’s something people should understand: if you plan on whining about overly-dramatic soccer falls, then find an overly-dramatic soccer fall to whine about. For Cripe’s sake, you can see her eye swelling while she’s still on the ground.
Soccer is full of overly dramatic flops, this wasn’t one of them.
Typical South American dirty play. They aren’t used to getting caught on camera.
“Is she the one that pulls peoples hair?”
Not a soccer fan.
Just don’t like bad sportwomanship either way.
The replays look like it was a deliberate punch.
I think that’s some Euro chick. Maybe Croatian. I’ll see if I can find a video.
Gee, how do you go from running down the field to twisting your body to punch someone inadvertently?
We should ban soccer balls. Call Schumer.
That’s the one.
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