While Loris Karius’ blunders can be looked at as the root cause of Liverpool’s defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League final, many feel the cause happened much earlier in the match– Mo Salah’s injury.
The Egyptian forward seemed to have hauled down by Sergio Ramos and in the process, he dislocated his shoulder not only ending his night and Liverpool’s Champions League hopes, but also possibly ending Salah’s world cup appearance.
Now change.org petition that has already garnered more than 200,000 signatures wants UEFA and FIFA to take action.
“Sergio Ramos intentionally kept Mohamed Salah’s arm under his armpit, causing dislocation of his shoulder. Not only missing the rest of the game, but also missing the FIFA World Cup 2018,” the petition’s author ‘Mohamed Salah Abdel-Hakeem’ stated
“In addition he kept acting that Liverpool players fouled him falsely, causing the referee to give Manne a yellow card he did not deserve.
“Sergio Ramos represents an awful example to future generations of football players. Instead of winning matches fairly, he uses tricks that defy the spirit of the game and fair play.
“UEFA and FIFA should take measures against Ramos and similar players, using the video recordings of matches to keep the spirit of the game.”
It is yet to be seen if FIFA or UEFA will indeed take action, but Ramos did take to Twitter to wish Salah a speedy recovery.
He tweeted; “Sometimes football shows you it’s good side and other times the bad. Above all, we are fellow pros. Get well soon Salah, the future is waiting for you,”
