World Cup 2014 Brasil

Suarez is appealing so may be able to play in next match.

come on USA ! get one over the Germans!

(26-06-2014 15:48 )Mellow Wrote:  Suarez is appealing so may be able to play in next match.

No, that isn't true.

There's no chance of an appeal being heard before the next match and FIFA have already said that the lodging of an appeal is not 'suspensive' - which means that any appeal would not result in the sentence being suspended until the appeal is heard.

he got offered help after the second bite as well but it sounds like liverpool kept it internal i just heard on sky sports news. so the help hasnt worked then by the sound of it. i wonder if dr steve peters will be out of a job now then!

(26-06-2014 06:31 )Tori Lee Addict Wrote:  There is a great article that I read yesterday. Someone got done for biting someone in a pub row, and he lost his job, got arrested etc etc. Now how much value do we as society place on these people just to kick a football around.

It is all over the web, that he is very lucky to avoid a Brazilian Jail cell. What I mean is where does it end? How many times can he do this and because of who he is he gets let off the hook? Everyone saw him bite him, the pundits saw him bite him, you watch the video again and again and he defo bites him. There is no excuse for this. I have ever been reading that even a lot of fans of Uruguay fans are saying he is a disgrace to their country

this is absolute bollocks. football is a law unto itself and is not governed by the same rules and regulations as the real world.

Ghana have expelled Muntari and Prince-Boateng for alleged indiscipline... Probably didn't want to accept a bribe for match fixing

(26-06-2014 14:24 )HannahsPet Wrote:  the Fifa Statement in full

26 Jun 2014
FIFA.com
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has reached a decision in the case related to Luis Suárez of Uruguay following an incident that occurred during the FIFA World Cup™ match between Italy and Uruguay played on 24 June 2014.

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided that:

· The player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1 lit. d of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of the FDC (an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player).

· The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup™ fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28 June 2014. The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguay’s next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative team’s subsequent official matches in accordance with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC.

· The player Luis Suárez is banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of four (4) months in accordance with art. 22 of the FDC.

· A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suárez in accordance with art. 21 of the FDC as follows: the player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban (point 3). The player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve the nine-match suspension (point 2).

· The player Luis Suárez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of CHF 100,000.

The decision was notified to the player and the Uruguayan FA today.

“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. The Disciplinary Committee took into account all the factors of the case and the degree of Mr Suárez’s guilt in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Code. The decision comes into force as soon it is communicated,” said Claudio Sulser, chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.

All I will say is FIFA have let him off lightly IMO I expected longer
I think now they have to get tough on this. Biting has to carry a straight red card in ALL competitions and a possible six months ban and should be adopted for all professional soccer games whether it be international, European or domestic. they have to show that biting is serious and like spitting has to be viewed as unacceptable behaviour on a soccer pitch and am I right in thinking spitting carries a automatic straight red now or not? I remember the infamous incident from a Germany Vs Holland World Cup match when I think Voller spat at Rijkkaard. I know both were sent off but I wasn't sure at the time if it was a red card offence.

(26-06-2014 16:39 )bytor Wrote:  Ghana have expelled Muntari and Prince-Boateng for alleged indiscipline... Probably didn't want to accept a bribe for match fixing

do we know what exactly the indiscipline is?

he is banned from all comps, but the ban should be for the rest of the world cup, then from the start of next season in august, there's no point him being banned in july when he won't be playing any competitive football anyway, so as i said its really only a 3 month ban, if Uruguay go far in the world cup then its punishment for him as he won't be able to play but if they go out in the next round then the ban would be meaningless till mid august

USA Today Wrote:Muntari was suspended "in the wake of his unprovoked physical attack on an executive committee member of the GFA and a management member of the Black Stars, Mr. Moses Armah" on Tuesday, one statement read.

The other statement said Boateng was dropped from the squad because of "vulgar verbal insults targeted at coach Kwesi Appiah" during a training session this week.