FIFA does not cancel Suarez’s punishment
13:55, 27 July 2015
YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. The FIFA will not cancel Luis Suárez’s punishment. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee did not accept The Uruguayan Football Association’s request on softening Suárez’s punishment. The FIFA Disciplinary Committee retained the disqualification Suárez received for biting the Italian national football team’s footballer. Armenpress reports the abovementioned citing “TASS”.
Luis Suarez was disqualified because of biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup in the match Uruguay-Italy. The incident shocked the football community and will certainly live long in the memory. Luis Suarez was suspended from 9 official matches of The Uruguayan national football team.