Ruud van Nistelrooy has accepted a charge of serious foul play following his challenge on Ashley Cole during Manchester United's victory over Arsenal.
The Dutch marksman caught Cole on the knee with a nasty-looking tackle during United's stormy 2-0 success at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Referee Mike Riley took no action during the game but The Football Association charged van Nistelrooy with misconduct on Monday after reviewing video evidence.
Van Nistelrooy had until Tuesday to plead guilty or protest his innocence but he has now decided to accept his punishment.
An FA panel will meet on Thursday to discuss the incident but van Nistelrooy is expecting to be served with a three-match suspension.
"Ruud van Nistelrooy has decided to accept The FA's charge of misconduct relating to the incident with Ashley Cole," said a Manchester United statement.
"Ruud has accepted the automatic penalty of a three-match suspension and Manchester United fully supports Ruud's decision."
The striker, who scored a disputed penalty in Sunday's success, remains adamant that he did not deliberately attempt to injure Cole with his challenge.
"Throughout my 10-year career I believe my disciplinary record is very good, not only for Manchester United but at all my previous clubs," he said.
"I accept the charge brought by The FA and I take full responsibility for this incident.
"However, there was no deliberate intent to harm Ashley Cole and I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to him."
If van Nistelrooy is landed with a three-game ban, he will miss the trips to Portsmouth this Saturday and to Newcastle United next month, with the derby against Manchester City at Old Trafford sandwiched in between, although it could depend on the club's progress in the Carling Cup.
来源于Sky-sport:http://skysports.planetfootball.com/Article.asp?id=234019
那头驴终于接受足总的指控，愿意接受3场停赛；后面它的说话是P话，不用理会，全把它的话倒过来理解就是了，因为它就是个“君子剑”。
妈的，昨天还不是口硬硬的否认指控？！欠揍~！[em60]
在为自己辩解了2天之后，曼联前锋范尼斯特鲁伊终于改口，对足总的恶意犯规指控“服罪”，承认自己在曼联2比0击败阿森纳之战中对科尔有不良行为，这意味着范尼将至少被停赛三场，甚至还有可能接受足总的进一步处罚。
在该场比赛的上半时，范尼在一次边线的拼抢中用脚恶意踩踏了阿森纳的科尔，这一犯规动作被电视镜头完全记录了下来。从录像中看，范尼的动作完全是有意为之，性质十分恶劣。
“范尼斯特鲁伊决定承受足总的指控，”曼联的一份声明这样说道，“同时他将接受自动停赛3场的处罚，曼联俱乐部完全支持范尼的决定。”
范尼此次“服罪”和他之前的口风可谓完全不同，在赛后他曾一再为自己开脱，称犯规动作完全是无意的。“我们两人都是冲着球去的，”范尼在赛后第一时间说，“双方都有百分之五十的机会得球，这种情况下冲撞是难免的。”
这样苍白的辩解令阿森纳主帅温格非常愤怒，他称范尼是在欺骗公众。“我们都知道范尼的人品，他只会欺骗大家，我们很了解他。”
也许是迫于公众的压力，范尼终于承认了自己的恶意犯规行为，与此同时，他还表示，鲁尼在比赛中获得的点球确实存在疑问。“第一眼看到情况我认为是个点球，”范尼说，“我可以理解为什么裁判给了点球，因为从他的角度看是个点球，但是赛后当我看了录像，我承认有些疑问。”
不过，尽管服罪，范尼还是表示自己并非有意伤害科尔，同时称自己的职业道德没有问题。“在我10年来的职业生涯中，我的纪律和道德记录非常好，不仅仅是在曼联，在以前的俱乐部也一样。”范尼说，“我接受足总的指控，愿意承担全部责任，不过我并不是有意要伤害阿什利-科尔，我愿意负责，并对他道歉。”
根据规则，范尼接受足总指控后将自动停赛3场，但这只是最低限度的处罚，如果足总认定范尼有恶意伤人的行为，将可能对他追加处罚，禁赛场次可达6场之多。
PS:帮楼主补充了一下,更详细了
[此贴子已经被37°2于2004-10-27 2:34:46编辑过]
