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Suarez has been banned from all football for four months and for nine international matches.

The four months starting now or from the start of the season? If it's now it hardly seems worth it.
 
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.
 
Did anyone notice what time the press conference was due to start? :icon_lol:

(Admittedly BST)
 
Misses 9 League games and 3 Champions League
 
What do you think the punishment should have been then?

Personally, I thought the 4 month stadium/training ground/ticket office ban was excessive.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating his behaviour or think he should have got away with it but just thought calls for 2 year bans by some or even lifetime was a tad ott.
 
Seems about right to me. Missing the rest of a WC and a reasonably significant number of LFC matches.

He's now been banned for 34 matches since 2010...without being sent off!

Although he was still fined less than Bendtner who simply showed his sponsored underpants.
 
Personally I'd reduce that considerably on appeal, if only for the way he showed up Savage and Shearer for the hypocritical bellends they really are.
 
I'm just wondering why players who go in for a head butt don't get treated the same way.
 
Given that you can get shot for a chicken or less in Brazil, I really don't think it is in the public interest for them to bring charges against foreplay.
 
It's hardly what Leonardo did in US94 for a considerably lesser punishment. I would have been happy with a 6 international game ban and forced counselling.
 
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