Luis Suarez Banned Four Months For Biting

Luis Suarez

Luis Suarez (27), the Liverpool and Uruguay international star striker, has been given a nine match ban by Fifa with immediate effect, for biting the Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder on Tuesday, during the two nations Group D World Cup encounter.
He was also banned for four months from all football activities. In addition, he was fined €82,000 for the incident.

Claudio Sulser, the chairman of the Fifa disciplinary committee, (himself a former international striker for Switzerland) said,

''Such behaviour cannot be tolerated  on any football pitch and in particular, not at a Fifa World Cup when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field.'' Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com


After the incident happened Suarez tried to minimize the incident by telling Uruguay television that Chiellini bumped into him.

''These are just things that happen out on the pitch. It was just the two of us inside the area and he bumped into me with his shoulder,'' he said.

Mr Wilmar Valdez, the Uruguay Football Association president said that he has seen a more aggressive incidents recently and that ''there was not enough evidence,'' in the Suarez case. He think that it was ''excessive decision.''

''I have seen more aggressive incidents recently. It is a severe punishment. I don't know exactly which arguments they used, but it is a tough punishment for Suarez,'' he said.

While some people think that the ban was not harsh enough, taking into consideration that he has done this thing a couple of times before.
This is a third time Suarez has done this and in three different countries.

First was when he was with Ajax in a match against PSV in 2010, he bit a player Bakkal and was banned for 8 matches by the Dutch Football Association (KNVB).

Then 2013 in England, he bit Chelsea defender Ivanovic and was banned by the English FA for 10 matches and now he did it again.

Mark Lawrenson, a BBC football analyst and former Liverpool player himself, said that, Suarez is now a persistent offender and should have been given a much harsher punishment.

''He is a now a persistent offender and I thought actually the ban would have been much harsher,'' he said.

''Say my boy was about 11 or 12, how do you explain to your lad who's a football fan exactly what Luis Suarez keeps doing,'' he told BBC Sport.

The chief executive of Liverpool, Mr Ian Ayre, said that his club will wait to see Fifa report before they can make any comment.

''Liverpool will wait until we have seen the Fifa report before making any further comment.''

Uruguay Football Association said that they will appeal the decision, because it was excessive and that there was not enough evidence in the case.

Well they can appeal but I hope Fifa will stick with their decision. Uruguay cannot say, because he is a talented and very gifted player then over-look a terrible and sickening behaviour, that he kept on exhibiting on the football field again and again.

They forgot that millions of children all over the world are watching him, while he kept on showing this terrible canibalistic behaviour. He is a role model for many kids.

Instead of Uruguay Football Association defending this behaviour, they should help him get treatment during the ban, that is what they should do. Read also: africanfootie.blogspot.com