Mr. biter biter Dracula
has been banned for four months from all football related activities by FIFA
for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during the Uruguay-Italy match
played on June 24th.
FIFA's disciplinary committee released a statement on their website stating this. See it below...
FIFA's disciplinary committee released a statement on their website stating this. See it below...
"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. 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. Continue...