After the controversy of the Suarez biting incident I have decided to pick 11 players who have either cheated or done something so outrageous it has seen their world cup end in disgrace.
In 1982 this West German goalkeeper so fit to rush out of his area and jump straight into onrushing Frenchman Patrick Battiston. Schumacher had no intention of going for the ball and wiped out the French defender, knocking out three teeth in the process. Schumacher showed no remorse for his actions and didn't even receive a yellow card for this cynical, pre-meditated filth of a challenge.
Our first Uruguyan. Batista still holds the unwanted record of the fastest sending off in world cup history. His dirty late challenge on little tiny Gordon Strachan after 56 seconds in a group game in Mexico 1986. His team mates looked stunned at the decision, as they acted hard done by and surrounded the referee. It's nice to see that after nearly 30 years Uruguay's petulance has improved beyond recognition.
5: Frank Rijkaard
The Dutchman became Germany's number one hated person in 1990 when he was caught on camera spitting at Rudi Voeller, during their round of 16 knockout match. The German's had their revenge though as they progressed through to the quarter finals at Holland's expense, after both teams had been reduced to ten men.
This incident will always be remembered and spitting isn't and should not be excepted in football.
Frank Rijkaard is dirty little fucker and deserves his place in the heart of this scumbag XI defence.
Surprise choice for some, but Slaven Bilic is our first cheat in the scumbag XI. In the semi final against France in 1998 a bit of argey bargey in the box ended with Bilic falling to the ground holding his face. In the aftermath French defender Laurent Blanc was sent off for an elbow. Television evidence went on to prove that Bilic had not been touched by Blanc and the Frenchman had been sent off unfairly. Luckily for France they went on to win the game and the final itself after beating Brazil 3-0.
Italian Tassotti is famous for elbowing Spain's Luis Enrique in the face and breaking his nose without the referee seeing the incident. It was only after retrospective evidence that the defender got his come-uppence and received an 8 match ban. Apparently Luis Enrique lost about a pint of blood after this incident in the 1994 world cup in USA.
There is no doubt that Ronaldo is a fantastic footballer, but the reason he is in this line up is not just for his winking episode with then team mate Wayne Rooney in 2006 but just because he is another one of these players who although they have undoubted talent and ability they still have to act like a spoilt little twat. Feigning injury, always first to complain and his general hard done to demeanor means the greatest player in the world at the moment gets the nod or the wink.
The 2006 world cup final and the greatest player in the world in his last appearance for France, instead of showing the world what an amazing player he was on the biggest stage, he decides to completely lose the plot and headbutt Italian Marco Matarazzi in the chest. It was one of those what the fuck moments! A well respected football genius having a meltdown right in front of everyones eyes. What should have been a celebration of a fantastic career ended in one of complete disgrace.
The most ridiculous member of this team. When Turkish player Hakan Unsal kicked the ball toward Rivaldo and hit him in the leg the Brazilian decided to hold his face and roll around on the floor subsequently getting the poor Turk sent off. Rivaldo was later found guilty of feigning injury and rightly fined.
The first player in this team that comes in with a double whammy of offences. His hand of god goal against England in 1986 was cheating at it's very worse, but his disgraceful ejection from the 1994 world cup for testing positive for drugs ended his international career and makes Maradonna the rightful owner of the Scumbag XI number 10 and deserved wearer of the captains armband.
This Scotsman has the unfortunate tag of being the first British player to be sent home from a world cup. In 1978 after Scotland's disappointing first game defeat to Peru, Johnston was dope tested and found positive of having a banned stimulant in his system. The Scotsman was sent home in disgrace but as if to show solidarity his Scottish team- mates were shortly following behind after failing to reach the knockout stages yet again. Johnston still denies any illegal drug taking and he says the only medication he used whilst in Argentina was for hayfever.
No Scumbag XI can be complete without a scumbag striker. Luis Saurez another double whammy, not content with a blatant handball in the last minute of a quarter final against Ghana in 2010 to stop a goal. He decides in the latest world cup in Brazil that he would bite another human being, for the third time in his career. It isn't so much the biting but the fact he shows no remorse for what he has done. Ladies and Gentleman I give you the pitbull, the rabid dog himself Luis "the scumbag" Suarez.
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