The 2014 World Cup is over for Uruguay and Liverpool FC forward Luis Suarez. FIFA announced they would ban Suarez for 9 international games, four months of club games, and fine him $112,000 dollars. FIFA found Suarez guilty of biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during their Group D game on Tuesday. Uruguay won, eliminating Italy from the 2014 World Cup.
Specifically, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee ruled 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.
Suarez can appeal the decision, but the ban starts immediately and rules him out of Uruguay’s Round of 16 game against Colombia on Saturday.
