Moment Chewy Luis was sent packing: Disgraced Uruguay striker banned from 9 internationals and 4 months from ALL football - but at least Ronaldo is going home too
- Liverpool and Uruguay striker Suarez banned from football for four months
- He will miss Uruguay's next nine Fifa internationals and was fined £65,000
- Uruguay FA has confirmed it will be appealing the 'excessive' decision
- Sponsor Adidas has dropped Suarez from further World Cup promotions
- Fans in Rio de Janiero mocked ad by putting their arms in Suarez's mouth
- It is the third time Suarez has served a ban for biting in the last four years
- Another past thorn in England's side, Christiano Ronaldo, is also out of cup
- He led Portugal to 2-1 victory against Ghana but it was not enough to qualify
The first pictures of Luis Suarez have emerged since he received a lengthy ban for biting an Italian defender as fans mocked him around the world.
As the disgraced Uruguay striker looked dejected tonight at the team's hotel in Natal, Brazil, fans in the street mocked an advert for Adidas - which has dropped him - by putting their arms in his mouth.
Fifa banned Suarez from nine international matches as well as four months of all football after he gnawed the shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in the 80th minute of their World Cup clash.
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Bye bye Suarez: The first photos have emerged of the Uruguay striker in Natal, Brazil, since he received his ban
Little comfort: Suarez was seen embracing a member of coaching staff on a balcony at the team's hotel
Out in the wilderness: It is not Suarez's first lengthy ban for biting a player - but will it be his last?
Please don't eat me! Suarez's mockery continued as fans hijacked an advert on the streets of Rio de Janiero
Cannibal: Football-lovers in the city imitated Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini with his injured shoulder
Ouch! Fans in Rio de Janiero made the most of a lion-like roar by the footballer on an advert for Adidas
The ban will mean Suarez misses the rest of the international tournament, including Uruguay's last 16 match against Colombia on Saturday, and the start of the Premier League next season.
Tongiht it was confirmed Suarez is not the only historic thorn in England's side heading home. Despite Portugal beating Ghana 2-1, Christiano Ronaldo's team failed to qualify for the next round.
A four-month ban from all football activity means Suarez will also not be able to play for his club Liverpool until October 26.
Unless there are changes to Liverpool's fixture schedule he would miss nine Premier League games and the first match he would be eligible for would be at Newcastle United on Nov. 1.
It also stops him from even training with Liverpool until the ban ends in late October.
Claudio Sulser, chairman of the Fifa disciplinary committee, said: 'Such behavior 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.'
Luis Suarez (pictured today) has been banned for four months from all football meaning he will miss the start of the Premier League
and cannot train with Liverpool
The ban also sees him miss the next nine Uruguay matches, including Saturday's last 16 clash with Colombia
Suarez bit Chiellini as the two competed for a cross during the World Cup match between Uruguay and Italy, a game that Uruguay
went on to win
Chiellini posted this picture of a maid at his hotel biting his shoulder in a light-heated jibe at Suarez
The nine-game ban will serve during Uruguay's next nine fixtures, including the game against Colombia. By banning Suarez from all football activities, Fifa also prohibited Suarez from even entering a stadium at the World Cup.
SUAREZ: 'THE CANNIBAL OF AJAX'
Suarez has a highly controversial history as a player.
In 2010 he earned the nickname the cannibal of Ajx after drawing blood from the shoulder of PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal, receiving a seven match ban.
At the end of the 2012-13 season he was banned from another ten games after biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic on the forearm.
In 2011, Suárez received an eight-match ban and was fined for racially abusing French defender Patrice Evra in a match against Manchester United after calling him a 'Negro' or 'Negros' seven times during the game.
In another 2010 incident Suarez was guilty of pulling off one of the World Cup's most glaring fouls when he cleared a goal-bound header from Ghana off the line with his hand late in extra time.
Suarez was sent off, but hung around near the tunnel to watch Ghana's Asamoah Gyan miss the penalty and then celebrated frantically.
He later boasted: 'Truth is it was worth it.'
The four-month ban is likely to include Liverpool's first three Champions League group-stage games in the five-time European champion's return after a five-year absence.
Suarez will also miss the first nine matches of the Premier League and has been ruled out of next year's Copa America.
Officials also fined the Liverpool striker 100,000 Swiss francs, equivalent to £65,000.
Fischer said Suarez would still be allowed transfer to a different club during the ban, but would not be able to play for a new club until the sanction ends.
Fischer said any appeal must first go to the Fifa appeal committee. If rejected, Suarez and Uruguay could take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
At CAS, Suarez could first appeal to have the sanctions frozen during the process which would clear him to return early for Liverpool.
Uruguay FA president Wilmar Valdez said the association would appeal against the Suarez sanctions.
Speaking outside the FIFA hotel in Rio, he told reporters: 'We are preparing our appeal now, we have three days to do it. 'It is an excessive decision and there was not enough evidence and I have seen more aggressive incidents recently. 'It is a severe punishment. I don't know exactly which arguments they used but it is a tough punishment for Suarez.
'It's feels like Uruguay has been thrown out of the World Cup. We all know what Suarez means to Uruguay and to football around the world - not having Suarez would be a loss to any team.'
The Uruguay FA said it will appeal the 'excessive' punishment, adding that it feels as if the country has already been kicked out of the tournament
The latest ban marks the third time Suarez has been barred from football for biting - he bit PSV's Otman Bakkal in 2010, and Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic at the end of the 2012-13 season
Meanwhile Ian Ayre, chief executive officer of Liverpool Football Club, said: 'The club will wait until we have seen and had time to review the FIFA Disciplinary Committee report before making any further comment.'
The club are understood to be taking specialist advice - which includes legal counsel - over what they see as an unprecedented incident.
Elsewhere Suarez's sponsor Adidas said in a statement: 'Adidas fully supports Fifa's decision. Adidas certainly does not condone Luis Suarez's recent behaviour.
'We will again be reminding him of the high standards we expect from our players. We have no plan to use Suarez for any additional marketing activities during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
'We will discuss all aspects of our future partnership directly with Suarez and his team following the World Cup.'
While the ban does not stop Suarez from moving teams this summer, it is expected complicate a rumoured move to FC Barcelona.
The latest ban marks the third time that the married father-of-two has been barred from playing because of biting.
He was suspended for seven games in 2010 after biting down on the shoulder of PSV Eindhoven’s Otman Bakkal while playing for Dutch club Ajax in 2010.
After the incident two days ago Chiellini pulled back his shirt to show a red bite mark underneath
Suarez's club Liverpool said they will review the report before making any further comment on the decision
At the end of the 2012-13 season he was banned for a further ten games after biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic on the forearm.
In total Suarez has now missed 39 games from biting alone, more than a full season's worth of fixtures.
The Uruguayan, who scored the two goals that effectively ended England’s World Cup hopes, was watched by millions of TV viewers plunging his mouth towards Chiellini’s shoulder on Tuesday night.
The Italian player pulled down his shirt to reveal a red bite mark, but the referee took no action and Suarez was allowed to continue playing.
Uruguay then scored to go through to the tournament’s knock-out stages at Italy’s expense.
Suarez’s lawyer yesterday claimed that European football chiefs were trying to have the striker banned. Alejandro Balbi told Uruguayan radio: ‘We don’t have any doubts that this has happened because it’s Suarez and secondly because Italy was eliminated.
'There’s a lot of pressure from England and Italy.’
The lawyer, who is a board member of Uruguay’s football association, also suggested Suarez was being targeted because he threatened other nations’ chances of winning the World Cup, including those of hosts Brazil.
Defending himself after the game, Suarez said: 'These are things that happen on the pitch, we were both in the area, he thrust his shoulder into me.
'These things happen on the pitch, and we don't have to give them so much (importance).'
WHAT ARE THE RULES? HOW FIFA FOUND AGAINST LUIS SUAREZ
Fifa found Suarez breached articles 48 and 57 of the Disciplinary Code in deciding his ban, and Article 136 explains how he was banned from all football.
48 - MISCONDUCT AGAINST OPPONENTS OR PERSONS OTHER THAN MATCH OFFICIALS
(1) Including the automatic suspension incurred in accordance with art. 18 par. 4, any recipient of a direct red card shall be suspended as follows:
a) one match for denying the opposing team a clear goal-scoring opportunity (particularly by deliberately handling the ball);
b) at least one match for serious foul play (particularly in the case of excessive or brute force);
c) at least one match for unsporting conduct towards an opponent or a person other than a match official (subject to art. 53, 54 and 57-60);
d) at least two matches for assaulting (elbowing, punching, kicking etc.) an opponent or a person other than a match official;
e) at least six matches for spitting at an opponent or a person other than a match official.
(2) A fine may also be imposed in all cases.
(3) The right is reserved to punish an infringement in accordance with art. 77 a).
57 - OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR AND FAIR PLAY
Anyone who insults someone in any way, especially by using offensive gestures or language, or who violates the principles of fair play or whose behaviour is unsporting in any other way may be subject to sanctions in accordance with art. 10 ff.
136 - REQUEST
(1) If the infringement is serious, in particular but not limited to doping (cf. art. 63), unlawfully infl uencing match results (cf. art. 69), misconduct against match officials (cf. art. 49), forgery and falsification (cf. art. 61) or violation of the rules governing age limits (cf. art. 68 a), the associations, confederations, and other organising sports bodies shall request Fifa to extend the sanctions they have imposed so as to have worldwide effect.
(1) Including the automatic suspension incurred in accordance with art. 18 par. 4, any recipient of a direct red card shall be suspended as follows:
a) one match for denying the opposing team a clear goal-scoring opportunity (particularly by deliberately handling the ball);
b) at least one match for serious foul play (particularly in the case of excessive or brute force);
c) at least one match for unsporting conduct towards an opponent or a person other than a match official (subject to art. 53, 54 and 57-60);
d) at least two matches for assaulting (elbowing, punching, kicking etc.) an opponent or a person other than a match official;
e) at least six matches for spitting at an opponent or a person other than a match official.
(2) A fine may also be imposed in all cases.
(3) The right is reserved to punish an infringement in accordance with art. 77 a).
57 - OFFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR AND FAIR PLAY
Anyone who insults someone in any way, especially by using offensive gestures or language, or who violates the principles of fair play or whose behaviour is unsporting in any other way may be subject to sanctions in accordance with art. 10 ff.
136 - REQUEST
(1) If the infringement is serious, in particular but not limited to doping (cf. art. 63), unlawfully infl uencing match results (cf. art. 69), misconduct against match officials (cf. art. 49), forgery and falsification (cf. art. 61) or violation of the rules governing age limits (cf. art. 68 a), the associations, confederations, and other organising sports bodies shall request Fifa to extend the sanctions they have imposed so as to have worldwide effect.
(2) Any doping-related legally binding sanction imposed by another international sports association, national anti-doping organisation or any other state body that complies with fundamental legal principles shall automatically be adopted by Fifa and, provided that the requirements described hereunder are met, may in principle be extended by Fifa to have worldwide effect.
(3) The request shall be submitted in writing and enclose a certified copy matching the decision. It shall show the name and address of the person who has been sanctioned and that of the club and the association concerned.
(4) If the judicial bodies of Fifa discover that associations, confederations and other sports organisations have not requested a decision to be extended to have worldwide effect, these bodies may themselves pass a decision.
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