I ain't see nothing wrong with what nani did...the English tend to get overly sensitive, when someone with more balls skills than them shows it off.
You can't tell me these men are professionals, who get called all sorts of insults under the sun on and off the pitch and when a man show his touches, it's disrespectful. Where do you draw the line? In that case, Anderson's reverse spanner through Fabregas legs is disrespectful as well, because he should have just used only the requisite skill to get past his man without humiliating him, for e.g. a 1970s body shake.
And what about the Henry-Pires Penalty debacle, could that not be considered disrespectful as well ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMJr3xo8-AU&feature=relatedWhen Ronaldo first came they (especially Alan Hansen) use to shout him down repeatedly for the number of step overs. Now they embrace his step overs as part of the beautiful game, Joga Bonito, the same style of play being championed by advertisers and chairmen alike. Heck, a lack of such exciting football even cost one manager his job.
The approach to me is almost hypocritical, It's almost as if, you can use your skill to beat you opponent, but don't make your opponent look foolish, otherwise you're showboating and that's 'frowned upon' in England.
As i've said before in another thread, comparing the football academies in Europe, e.g. lisbon to many of those in England, it's been reported that those in Portugal spend at least 3 times as much time actually on the ball than their English counterparts, who concentrate more on positioning and tactics.
Additionally, many of the coaches in England, starting from the lower levels up, traditionally frown on using such skills in a game, so the traditional status quo persists.
I would never forget the' Joga Three' 3 on 3 nike indoor series that they had a few years ago and they brought premiership players to have an exhibition game. They brought, Anton Ferdinand, Robbie Keane, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo and to a lesser extent Fabregas, destroyed the rest of men. They just don't have those type of ball skills, especially in close quarter situations.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/cristiano-ronaldowayne-rooneyrobbie-keancesc-fabregas/917386028I don't think Nani has done anything wrong, he has shown his skill, something which would be revered somewhere like Spain, however it appears as though the general english perception is that such exhibitions are show boating and somehow aggravates professionals into behaving like under -14s (I have Gallas' kick to the back of nani's leg in mind)
