Trying to provoke them into reacting and losing their heads? IDK, I'm not Costa so its hard to say, but I defended Suarez for much the same things, it would be really hypocritical of me to totally condemn these sort of incidents now that the shoe is on the other foot.
Personally I never defended Suarez for stamping or biting. Only on the diving issue because he dived far less than he was robbed of a penalty by a bad call.
My whole issue is that Costa and Suarez are birds of a feather, they do the same things to push it to the limit and get defenders worked up, it's very much a South American football thing, see Simeone during his playing career, and Costa was pretty wild before he arrived at Atletico Madrid, Simeone helped Costa refine his wild side but he goes over the line from time to time.
My issue is, Suarez was cast as a monster by certain people and the media and Costa is not. These people deluded themselves now when it comes to that very point. The same yard stick is not used on both players.
There is a difference. Suarez liked to press his teeth into people, lets calla spade a spade, he didn't bite as in take a lump out of someone but that's how it was portrayed. Suarez did it out of whatever, frustration, childishness ect, Costa on the other hand sets out to do this. According to an article on BBC atm it's said he went to Terry and said he was going to start **** and asked Terry to have his back, using Fabergas as an interpreter to get the message across to Terry. He sets out to stamp and all the other **** he does.
Again.. I did not defend Suarez when he did those sorts of things. But.. I laugh at the muppetry of many who absolutely banged on ad nausea about how snidey and cheaty Suarez was and do not hold Costa in the same regard when he is at least as bad if not a worse offender. I am talking those who are not supporters of Chelsea or Liverpool as both sets of those supporters would be inclined to be protective of their own club's player, I am talking about the other fans and the media and everyone else involved in football, even ****ing Cameron had a say for ****'s sake.
And all of those who say the WC handball had nothing to do with their dislike of Suarez, are liars, as if they are a modicom of honesty themselves and many a pro said they would do the exact same thing in Suarez shoes in that game. Costa himself talks of the will to win at ANY cost but for Costa that seems ok, it seems his will to dive, play act, stamp, gob fling and attempt to bite are all just part of his will to win, but when Suarez did it, he was the devil.
So, this contradictory garbage spouted by some is what irks me. I as a Liverpool fan have a right to bitch about Costa just as Chelsea fans bitched about Suarez. If my stance is ironic then so would be the stance of every Chelsea fan who defends Costa as I defended Suarez though as I said twice, I never defended him on the over the line stuff, the very things all and sundry are now defending Costa over. It seems more than a few need to look up what irony actually means
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