FIFA announced this afternoon that Uruguay’s Luis Suarez has been banned for nine matches and four months for all football activities for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini. Suarez will also be fined 100,000 Swiss francs.
DISCIPLINARY: Uruguay’s Luis Suarez suspended for 9 matches & banned for 4 months from any football-related activity.
— FIFA Media (@fifamedia) June 26, 2014
It’s the third biting incident for Suarez but the first in FIFA competition. A big ban but a fair one in my eyes. Suarez’s ban starts Saturday as Uruguay takes on Colombia in the Round of 16.
