I wouldn't for a second argue Faf shouldn't be carded if he did slap that little POS.
No bias at all there. None whatsoever.
I'd actually question if he actually made any contact and if it can in any way be seen as a slap?
Dude.... DUDE!!!
you are arguably one of my prefered posters here and the main reason is you come across as one of the most objective posters. Bar's low, i know, but still.
There is a video of this.
If you don't think that's a slap then hopefully we can meet so i don't slap you.
But I am very surprised you think he deliberately slapped him In The face; he was trying to slap at the ball.
When you show me which part of the laws care for what the defender's intentions are in a situation like this i'll consider that argument. Till then...
Swing, open hand, hits the face. Period.
These are not far-stretched interpretations of mine. I hope we can agree those 3 things happened.
The dictionary defines the concatenation of those three events as a slap.
Again, players have been banned from playing several world cup games for less.
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FOR THE RECORD, and to add insult to injury, his milking of the situation (sure) was poor at best. After the slap, he should have dropped to his knees (he did) AND grabbed his with both hands while dropping the ball. That's it. He would be an unquestionable victim of the situation as eyes are sacrosanct, and it is impossible for anyone to conclusively prove if there was the slightest touch of the cornea.
The YC would have been the same, we wouldn't have this ridiculous argument and Faf would be facing a disciplinary committee, probably getting away with it.
EDIT: that was out of order.