Siswi SMA Amerika Hantam Lutut ke Wajah Lawan
American Schoolgirl Knees Her Opponent in the Face
Editor : Mohamad Aslan
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PELAJAR putri Amerika tertangkap kamera menghantamkan lututnya ke wajah lawan bermainnya yang terungkap melalui video mengejutkan yang memicu kehebohan di internet.
Dalam klip selama 13 detik, yang menyedot perhatian dua juta kali dilihat setelah di-posting di YouTube pada 12 Oktober, siswa senior Wood Cross High School, Makenzie Clark, mengenakan kaus biru nomor 12, tampak jatuh di lapangan setelah ligamen di pergelangan kakinya terluka saat bertanding.
Gadis itu mencoba untuk duduk, lawan mainnya dari Salt Lake City High East, diidentifikasi nomor 12 bernama Petiola Manu, menarik kaki Clark dan menghantamkan lututnya ke wajah Clark dan kemudian dengan tenang berjalan pergi.
Tak satu pun dari pelatih atau wasit menyaksikan insiden yang berlangsung pada pertandingan 27 September lalu, dan tidak ada tendangan bebas diberikan, seperti dilaporkan KSL.com. Clark, 17, akhirnya diusung keluar lapangan oleh rekan-rekannya.
Manu diijinkan untuk melanjutkan pertandingan, tapi ia akhirnya ditarik keluar oleh pelatihnya yang menyadari bahwa emosinya sedang tinggi, menurut Desert News. East akhirnya menang 2-1 di perpanjangan waktu.
Setelah video yang mengungkap perilaku tidak sportif itu muncul secara online, kepala sekolah East High Paul Sagers bertemu dengan kedua pelatih sepak bola dan Manu. The Utah High School Activities Association sedang menyelidiki kecurangan tersebut.
Pada Senin, Manu menyatakan permintaan maaf kepada Clark dan kepada pers menyatakan: "Saya mengumbar emosi dan saya bertindak terlalu jauh. Saya hanya ingin meminta maaf kepada (Makenzie) dan semua orang. Maafkan saya."
"Itu adalah permainan fisik dan saya membiarkan emosi saya mendapatkan yang terbaik untuk itu. Itu bukan masalah pribadi. Saya hanya frustasi dengan permainan. Saya tidak berpikir. Saya hanya menuruti adrenalin dari permainan saat itu."
Ibu Clark, Susie Clark, mengaku pertama kali melihat video tersebut membuatnya sakit perut.
"Saya hanya melihat anak saya di lapangan," kata Clark kepada ABC4. "Itu adalah bola mati. Itu setelah fakta. Itu setelah permainan selesai. Itu tindakan brutal."
Ibu sang pemain menambahkan, bagaimana pun setelah melihat video membuatnya bersyukur karena Manu tidak memukul putrinya sehingga rahangnya patah.
Pihak sekolah berencana menggunakan video tersebut untuk mengajarkan atlet tentang pentingnya sportivitas.
Insiden Salt Lake City bukanlah yang terbaru dari serangkaian tindakan brutal di kalangan pemain sepak bola muda yang telah menjadi berita utama dalam beberapa tahun terakhir.
Pada Maret, Annette McCullough, mahasiswa senior di Lewisville High di South Carolina didakwa setelah meninju lawannya berulang kali di wajah saat pertandingan melawan Chester High School.
AN AMERICAN schoolgirl footballer was caught viciously kneeing one of her opponents in the face during a game in a startling video that has set off a firestorm online.
In the 13-second clip, which has attracted more than 2million views since being posted on YouTube on October 12, Wood Cross High School senior-year student Makenzie Clark, dressed in a blue kit No 12, could be seen falling to the ground after tearing a ligament in her ankle during a play.
As the girl attempts to roll into a sitting position, a rival player from Salt Lake City High East, identified as No 12 Petiola Manu, pulls back her leg and slams her knee into Clark's face and then calmly walks away.
None of the coaches or referees witnessed the incident during the September 27 game, and no free-kick was awarded, KSL.com reported. Clark, 17, ended up being carried off the field by her team-mates.
Manu was allowed to continue the game, but she was eventually pulled out by her coach who had noticed that her emotions were running high, according to Desert News. East eventually won 2-1 in extra-time.
After the video showing Manu's unsporstmanlike conduct surfaced online, East High's principal Paul Sagers met with both his girls' football coach and Manu. The Utah High School Activities Association is investigating the foul play.
On Monday, Manu issued an apology to Clark, telling reporters, 'I let my emotions get the best of me and I took it too far. And I just want to apologize to (Makenzie) and everyone. I'm sorry.
‘It was a physical game and I let my emotions get the best of me. It was nothing personal. I was just really frustrated with the game. I wasn't thinking. I was just running on adrenaline, and the game was tied at the time.’
Clark's mother, Susie Clark, said the first time she saw the video, it made her sick to her stomach.
‘I just see my baby out there,’ Clark told ABC4. ‘It was a dead ball. It was after the fact. It was after the play was over. It was a brutal, dirty shot.’
The player’s mother added, however, that seeing the footage also left her feeling grateful that Manu did not hit her daughter in the temple or broke her jaw.
The Salt Lake City incident is only the latest in a series of brutal altercations among youth soccer players which have made headlines in recent years.
In March, Annette McCullough, a senior-year student at Lewisville High in South Carolina was charged with assault after punching an opposing player repeatedly in the face during a match against Chester High School.
