Suarez Dihukum Larangan Bertanding 4 Bulan, 9 Laga untuk Uruguay
Suarez Banned from All Football for 4 Months - plus 9 Matches for Uruguay
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Rio de Janeiro (B2B) - Luis Suarez dinyatakan bersalah atas insiden gigitan yang dilakukannya kepada Georgio Chiellini. Suarez dilarang bertanding selama empat bulan dan sembilan laga internaisonal.
Penyerang Uruguay dan Liverpool diskors dari turnamen dan semua kegiatan yang menyangkut sepakbola. Selain itu, Suarez tidak boleh berkunjung ke stadion manapun selama empat bulan dan didenda 65.702 pounds, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
FIFA juga mengonfirmasi bahwa Suarez tidak bisa bermain di laga 16 besar piala dunia melawan Kolombia pada Sabtu.
Itu berarti Suarez juga tidak bisa bermain untuk Liverpool selama sepuluh minggu di Liga Inggris. Dan diperkirakan baru akan menjalani pertandingan pertamanya ketika Liverpool melawan Newcastle United pada 1 November 2014.
Pemain 27 tahun itu menerima hukuman dari FIFA karena mengigit bahu pemain Italia Georgio Chiellini di pertandingan terakhir Grup D, Selasa, (24/6).
Ketua komite disiplin FIFA, Claudio Sulser mengatakan, "Perilaku semacam itu tidak bisa ditoleransi, baik di lapangan dan juga pada piala dunia ketika jutaan pasang mata melihatnya."
"Komite disiplin telah menghitung semua faktor dan kesalahan Suarez sesuai dengan bukti yang relevan," tukasnya seperti dikutip di Telegraph.
Namun FIFA menolak untuk mengonfirmasi penanganan Suarez oleh psikolog menjadi bagian dari sanksi itu.
Sementara Liverpool telah merilis pernyataan menyusul keputusan komite disiplin FIFA. Ian Ayre sebagai CEO megatakan, "Liverpool akan menunggu dan meninjau ulang laporan komite disiplin FIFA sebelum membuat komentar."
Rio de Janeiro - FIFA has officially charged Uruguay's Luis Suarez with biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in the teams' World Cup match, a process that could lead to a suspension for Uruguay's best offensive player.
FIFA announced early Wednesday that its disciplinary committee has opened proceedings against Suarez, just hours after the end of Tuesday's match.
If the panel finds Suarez guilty of assaulting an opponent, FIFA rules call for a ban of at least two matches up to a maximum of 24 months.
FIFA asked the team to present evidence, which can include video recordings, by 5 p.m. local time (2000 GMT) Wednesday.
A decision must be published before Saturday, when Uruguay plays Colombia in a round-of-16 match at Maracana stadium.
Uruguay advanced by beating Italy 1-0 on Tuesday in Natal. One minute before the decisive goal, Suarez clashed with Chiellini and was caught by television cameras apparently biting his shoulder.
Match referee Marco Rodriguez of Mexico appeared not to see the incident and took no action.
Brazil's World Cup has been a high-scoring tournament featuring late goals, comebacks, full stadiums and underdog stories, but the bite was got much of the global attention Tuesday.
Earlier in his career, the 27-year-old Suarez was suspended in the Netherlands and England for biting opponents. He didn't confirm or deny biting Chiellini, but said he was angry that the Italian defender had hit him in the eye during the game.
''These are things that happen on the pitch, we were both in the area, he thrust his shoulder into me,'' Suarez said in Spanish. ''These things happen on the pitch, and we don't have to give them so much (importance).''
FIFA's disciplinary panel ''is responsible for sanctioning serious infringements which have escaped the match officials' attention,'' the governing body said in a statement.
''Any type of proof may be produced,'' FIFA noted, including ''reports from referees, declarations from the parties and witnesses, material evidence, audio or video recordings.''
