Match #39 - ITA : URU - RODRIGUEZ (MEX)

Seems like a harsh call. The only thing I can offer is sometimes being too close to a play distorts one's perspective.

 

Oliver Kay ‏@OliverKayTimes 24s
Confirmed by Fifa: Luis Suarez banned for NINE matches and banned from all football for FOUR MONTHS #URU #LFC

 

Four months is particularly lenient given the summer and pre-season.

 

He'll return end of October/November and miss 9 intl matches. Thought it would be more, but 10 match ban from previous instance was about 2 months. Also, since he is banned from all activity, can he sign a new contract if he's transferred?

 

He got off easy. Should be to the end of the year at least. Hope they don't appeal.

 

Luis Suarez has now been banned for 34 games since 2010 without receiving a single red card.

 

Liverpool might, i imagine ? Or demand compensation or something..

Will be interesting if he can be transferred in the period.

 

Basically a full season.

 

Banned from training, too. So he can only train individually and privately till 4 months.

 

That's a pretty powerful stat.

 

A wrist slap. Revolting.

 

Several MLS players just grabbed their to-do lists, scratched out "25", and replaced it with "34" with a circle around it

 

According to the Guardian he can be transferred.

 

There were others missed, particularly before Balotelli retaliated, where he was closer. He was grossly incompetent in my opinion. I'm interested in seeing/hearing if he gets another match. I doubt it. I think that would be very telling.

No word at the moment, at least as far as I have read.

 

A red any day of the week for me. He forgot the ball and went strait for the leg

 

Harsher punishment then I expected, is that 9 world cup games? if so he is out of the next WC which means he might not play in another WC

He only has himself to blame

 

Wouldn't the match ban only concern official non-friendly games?

 

Grossly incompetent is not a fair assessment. He is a well qualified, successful referee.

Poor game? Sure.

But this is not a forum to complain because you don't like the referee. I've not gone to your team forum to defend him, as it's not my place. That type of rhetoric does not belong here.

I would be surprised if he got another game, and I said as much earlier in the thread. But the RC he gave is not the reason. The RC he didn't give Suarez absolutely could cost him. But missing a bite is understandable to a point...it's just not something you see.

 

The ban is from "official matches".

From FIFA:

"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."

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y...-and-banned-for-four-months-from-2386354.html

 

Thanks for the link. I'm glad Fifa took this seriously, Uruguay is blaming Brazil... saying we did this to avoid playing Uruguay! Jesus