What should’ve been an exciting few days ahead of a much-awaited fixture for Bayern Munich fans, has turned into a rather difficult period. Bayern Munich and their fans have been hit by a shocking news as star winger Luiz Diaz has been handed a hefty ban. The ban is going to be a three-game ban for the Colombian. Luiz Diaz tackled Achraf Hakimi in an extremely dangerous fashion when Bayern Munich played PSG in the Champions League in early November.
Luiz Diaz’s tackle
Football games can get super intense, as we all know. Especially when the players get to play in the biggest of all stages: The Champions League, where massive clubs lock horns. However, the meeting between Bayern Munich and PSG, despite them being two massive European clubs, did not necessarily start off very intensely. It was actually on course to be a very one-sided affair. Bayern started off swashbuckling, with two early goals, both scored by Luiz Diaz. And then the incident occurred. A totally avoidable incident. As the goalscorer, Luiz Diaz absolutely smashed through PSG defender Achraf Hakimi in a rough and dangerous tackle.
The outlook of the tackle looked even worse after we got to witness how badly it injured Hakimi. His ankle was in tatters, and it looked really ugly out there. He was given intense treatment. And it still did not look too promising for the Moroccan. Unfortunately, Hakimi is yet to recover and is yet to play after the incident.
The eventual ban on Luiz Diaz
It’s been over a couple of weeks since the incident occurred, and we’ve finally received the inevitable news. Luiz Diaz has been banned for three games after the UEFA investigated the foul. What the UEFA has thought about the foul is that it was “serious rough play”. And they felt it was into dangerous territory. After the assessment, they have felt the need for a three-game ban on the Colombian is most fitting.
Bayern fans shocked
As expected, the verdict and assessment by the UEFA hasn’t been received well by the Bayern Munich faithful. There has been an outrage of response after the news came out, as Bayern fans feel a three-game ban is “too much” and unacceptable. They all agree that the tackle was nowhere near clean and deserves punishment, but they also feel that a three-game ban is crossing the line. They claim that the referee was initially siding towards just a yellow card for the tackle on Hakimi, but switched the yellow into a red card after looking at Hakimi’s injury. The fans are simply not happy with UEFA’s verdict.
Luiz Diaz’s importance in Bayern Munich
It would be an absolute crime to overlook the importance of Luiz Diaz in this Bayern Munich setup. Bayern Munich have had one of their best ever starts this season and they are absolutely flying in every single competition. Flying would actually be an understatement because that is how clinical they’ve been this season. And Luiz Diaz is a major reason for that flying success. He has been extremely instrumental in attack for the team and has contributed massively throughout. It is going to be a difficult game for Bayern against Arsenal at the Emirates, without their star-man in attack.
Conclusion
Let’s be very honest, that Luiz Diaz tackle on Hakimi was nothing clean and was definitely extremely dangerous. Diaz deserves to be punished, and you could even say, deserves to be banned. Although a three-game ban is not something you would see very often so one would understand the rage behind the Bayern fans. For a neutral, the build-up to the Bayern-Arsenal clash has only become better after this news.
