Events and Consequences, Part Eighteen

1- Event:

Valencia goalkeeper Santiago Canizares accidentally dropping a bottle of aftershave on his foot.

Consequence:

Santiago Canizares had been selected for the 2002 World Cup on May 13^th, 2002 and was set to be the starting goalkeeper.

The accident of May 17^th, ruled him out of the World Cup and paved the way for Real Madrid's Iker Casillas to be the starter which he remained into the next decade.

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 175, August 2003

(Santiago Canizares)

2- Event:

Joaquin Rife’s phone interview with a Journalist in 1980/81.

Consequence:

During the 1980/81 season, Barcelona Assistant Manager Joaquin Rife spoke to a journalist over the phone. In the interview he criticized Club President Luis Nunez and other directors at the club.

A copy of his phone call was played at a board meeting and he was immediately fired.

Photo From: Don Balon, Issue 185, April 24, 1979

(Joaquin Rife)

3- Event:

Racing Club de Lens Edmond Novicki travelling with the RC lens delegation ahead of a France National Team match.

Consequence:

France were due to play a Friendly at Paris vs. Belgium on March 8, 1936 (2-0 win).

Raymond François of RC Lens had been selected and some members of the RC Lens delegation traveled with him to Paris.

For an inexplicable reason (to date), they had taken winger Edmond Novicki along with them.

Ali Benouna had not arrived to training yet. The RC Lens delegation proposed their own winger Edmond Novicki as a replacement and France Manager Gaston Barreau accepted and that was how Novicki earned his first cap unexpectedly.

It is still a mystery as to why Novicki was travelling with the club delegation that day.

4- Event:

Duncan Ferguson headbutting John McStay on April 16, 1994.

Consequence:

On April 16^th, 1994, Rangers Glasgow’s Duncan Ferguson headbutted Raith Rovers’ John McStay.

The Referee witnessed the event and Ferguson was charged with assault (His fourth conviction).

In October 1995 (by now an Everton Player) he was sentenced to three months in prison.

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2584, October 17, 1995

(Duncan Ferguson’s headbutt on John McStay, April 16, 1994, Rangers Glasgow 4-Raith Rovers 0)

Photo From: Planete Foot, April 1996

(Duncan Ferguson at Everton)

5- Event:

Anatoly Banishevski’s violent indiscipline.

Consequence:

USSR and Neftchi Baku’s Anatoly Banishevski had been sent off in the League and had already displayed episodes of indiscipline.

On May 20, 1969, he was banned for two years after a drunken brawl in Baku.

This deprived him of participation in the 1970 World Cup.

Photo From: Die Weltermeisterschaft 1966 in England

(Anatoly Banishevski)

Error in Casting, Part Six

1- Duncan Ferguson and Rangers Glasgow 1993/94

Duncan Ferguson was a Scottish striker on the rise at Dundee United when he joined big spending giants Rangers Glasgow in the summer of 1993. However, strike partners Ally McCoist and Mark Hateley restricted his appearances, not to mention off the field problems.

He was relieved when Everton signed him in October 1994 (first on loan and then permanent) and he responded with many key goals that led to FA Cup glory at the end of the season.

Photo From: Planete Foot, April 1996

(Duncan Ferguson at Everton)

2- Brian Laudrup and AC Milan 1993/94

Danish midfielder joined AC Milan in the summer of 1993 after Fiorentina had been relegated. However, due to foreign player restrictions, he only made a few appearances, as Zvonimir Boban, Dejan Savicevic and Marcel Desailly were the starting foreigners, not to mention Jean-Pierre Papin. He gladly transferred to Rangers Glasgow in the summer of 1994 and enjoyed his time there.

Photo From: World Soccer, September 1993

(Brian Laudrup being presented as an AC Milan player with Manager Fabio Capello)

3- Pedrag Spasic and Real Madrid 1990/91

Yugoslav defender Pedrag Spasic joined Real Madrid in the summer of 1990 to replace the departing Argentine Oscar Ruggeri. He, like the rest of his teammates had a nightmarish season and never seemed to settle. He was transferred out to Osasuna at the end of the season.

Photo From: World Soccer, October 1990

(Pedrag Spasic at Real Madrid, 1990/91)

4- Marino Magrin and Juventus 1987/89

Italian midfielder Marino Magrin joined Juventus in the summer of 1987 after many solid seasons at Atalanta. He was there to replace the retiring Michel Platini. In two seasons there, he was never able to make his mark, as he like the rest of the team went into a decline.

In the summer of 1989, he joined Verona.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, June 20-26, 1984

(Marino Margin at Atalanta, 1983/84)

5- Hendrie Kruzen and PSV Eindhoven 1988/89

Dutch midfielder seemed to have a promising future when PSV Eindhoven signed him in the summer of 1988 from Den Bosch. He was part of the victorious 1988 UEFA European Championship winning squad and appeared to have a chance in the national team midfield following Arnold Muhren’s retirement. However, he was unable to break into the PSV squad and after just a few appearances he was loaned back to his previous club Den Bosch and was transferred outright thereafter.

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989

(Hendrie Kruzen, May 24, 1988, Holland 1-Bulgaria 2)