Uruguayan national team striker Luis Suarez has received a FIFA punishment. It was decided that the player who bit Giorgio Chiellini during the match against Italy would be suspended for nine matches and will have to miss 4 months of any football-related activity.
This means that Luis Suarez will no longer represent Uruguay in this championship. In total, he will not be able to help his country in nine international matches. The Uruguayan could have been disqualified from 3 to 24 matches.
Furthermore, FIFA has decided to ban the player from any football-related activity for four months. This means that the footballer representing "Liverpool" club will only be able to join the team in mid-October. The "Premier" League season starts on August 16. The player is expected to miss 13 matches.
It has also been revealed that the player could be sold this summer, although initially it was thought otherwise. There have been rumors for some time that the Uruguayan could move to "Barcelona" or Real Madrid clubs, but everything was just speculation.
FIFA also announces that the Uruguayan will not be allowed to appear in any football stadium during the disqualification period.
The player was also fined 65,000 pounds sterling.
The chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, Claudio Sulser, stated that such behavior will not be tolerated: "Such behavior cannot be tolerated in any football stadium in the world. Especially in the World Cup, when millions of eyes are on footballers."
Suarez has already been punished twice for biting opponents - while playing for Amsterdam "Ajax" in 2010 (7-match ban) and for Liverpool in 2013 (10-match ban).
In 2011, Suarez was accused of racist behavior when he insulted Manchester United defender Patrice Evra. After proving guilt, the Uruguayan was punished with an 8-match ban.
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