Luis Bites Again -- srsly you cant make this stuff up
Here's video from just now -- Luis Suarez bites Italian defender on his shoulder:
http://www.espnfc.us/video/highlights/114/video/1909031/watch-suarez-controversy
It's not 100% conclusive but, given his past record, I'm convinced.
When does this animal get banned from FIFA permanently? Third time he's done it. What kind of deranged mind does this? I don't care that he's the most exciting striker in the world -- the fact the's done this 3 times, including twice in about 18 months, is proof enough. Ban him permanently.
LFC fans -- you can't seriously support this animal, can you?
it's damn near 100% conclusive. you can see teeth marks on the guy's shoulder.
I like the guy from Uruguay trying to cover the Italian's shoulder back up.
...and this is why.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/06/17/sport/football/brazil-chile-world-cup…
Teeth marks are hard to self-inflict though. I suppose a teammate could do it.
I suspect they're under instruction never to open that door again, no matter how clear it was in this case.
or something. Looked pretty deliberate to me. This is the kind of things you expect dogs to do - not people.
Yeah, I immediately thought he should be nicknamed Luis "El Perro" Suarez, but that would be denigrating to all well-behaved dogs.
Pre-match prep against Uruguay is going to have to include tetanus shots now.
I knew nothing of Suarez until I saw him against England, but I could immediately see he's a wonderful player. I even felt bad after I snidely commented on his wicked horse-teeth. If he's ever allowed to play again he should have to wear a mouthguard or that thing they put on Hannibal Lecter.
You're right, not 100% conclusive, but at least about 97% conclusive.
And Italy got screwed on the red card...that was a touch foul. Cleats were a bit high but nothing worthy of a red. Dempsey got kicked in the face + broken nose and nothing.
Officiating inconsistency is this World Cup has been rampant. It's like we're watching Big Ten basketball.
Officiating's often bad in group stage matches, for the same reason it can be bad at the Alamo Bowl. Every league/country/confederation has to have its turn, deserved or not.
"And Italy got screwed on the red card...that was a touch foul."
Uhhh, no. That was not a touch foul. He kicked him directly in the knee. Anytime you go cleats up straight to the knee, you're getting at least a yellow. It may not have deserved a red, but definitely a card-worthy offense.
"Officiating inconsistency is this World Cup has been rampant."
Fully agree. The Dempsey incident should have been at least a yellow.
... he has some serious issues, especially considering the timing, the risk of being caught. Just foolish behavior that you have to believe he cannot control. I mean if you need one goal, you are up a man, and you are in an attacking zone, and your first instinct is to bite the defender to break skin, you clearly are not a sane individual.
God knows Fifa is toothless (pun intended), but I can't wait till they find an excuse to ignore this one. Always comical.
Seriously, is it that hard to impliment a system that gives cards for shit like this at halftime or after the game? Throw in another card for diving too.
We'd have it done and implemented in 15 minutes?
For FIFA...good luck.
Imagining how much better the game would be as a result, is like imagining how good the US team would be if it was a top-3 sport in this country.
lol...proofread, idiot.
Edit: I don't think a couple people realize that I'm speaking to myself. They see one word and instantly go on the MGoDefensive.
As the one supposedly offended, I got what you meant.
"Throw in another card for diving too"
A pink card
You know you get suspended from the next match if you get 2 yellow cards, right? And it doesn't have to be in the same game. That's nothing to sneeze at. Jones has a yellow now. If he gets another against Germany and we advance, that's really gonna hurt not having him.
I also want a clock between pitches in baseball.
They suspended Torsten Frings from the '06 semi for something that happened in the skirmish after the quarterfinal against Argentina. It wasn't seen by any of the match officials but was caught on camera by an Italian, who published the photo.
It's entirely possible they'll take action against Suarez for this. There's probably a Colombian with pictures, too.
Still photo via Twitter....
Yeah...Suarez bit him. There's no way he plays for the rest of this World Cup. #URU pic.twitter.com/dTNNliaZBs
— Austin Hunt (@iAustinHunt) June 24, 2014
Your stat of the day: Suarez' teams are 3-0 in games he bites people. So umm....
If he were an NCAA athlete I could understand why he's so hungry, but as a professional it's really time to stop trying to eat the competition
I see what you did there. Bravo.
The front page of ESPN shows Suarez holding his teeth, the way you would if you bit on something unexpectedly hard. That's awfully conclusive too, when added to the rest of it.
I was rooting for Uruguay because I always root against Italy, but Italy's behavior this tournament has been pretty benign, so maybe my mind is changing a bit here.
He was trying to pretend that the guy hit in the teeth him with his shoulder, not the other way around.
Now that I get off my duff and watch the video.....yeah, that couldn't be clearer. How pathetic.
Suarez was holding his mouth because he got clocked by the guy's elbow after biting him.
Needed a bit more elbow, tbh.
I think I would've been ok with Chiellini turning and kicking Suarez in the teeth.
I'm not actually sure Suarez even got hit. I think it was more of a 'you have to react that way when you foul someone so you look less suspicious' sort of thing
I always root against Italy as well. Teams like Italy, Portugal, and Brazil do nothing but dive and complain to the referee.
What is sad is that this tournament has been a huge success, I really feel like Soccer will grow in America even more now, but this will be a black cloud over it. I don't want Americans to say "these Soccer players are freaks, let's stick to 'our' sports".
Interesting... I was trying to root for Italy since my wife is first generation Italian, but I was so disgusted by the flopping and blatant time wasting antics that I found myself pulling for Uruguay. Until the Suarez bite, at least.
It will be up to the Football Association (FA) of England. They will have to decide what to do with him should he stay (unlikely) at Liverpool. Additionally, UEFA could ban him from Champions League. He is a massive wanker, so I can definitely see Madrid picking up Suarez to join Pepe's lunacy. Hope he gets the mental help he needs and a lengthy ban from international and club soccer.
As a Liverpool fan, thought he'd turned a corner. That's just inexcusable behavior. Stupid too ("What cameras?"). Such talent wasted ...
Same here. I've been a Liverpool fan since I was a kid. I thought we were past this. He should be out of the tournament. Now I hope we do ship him off to Real.
Oh wait, this is an adult playing in the World Cup, not day care.
When my kids were toddlers, biting in pre-school was a big problem. You would get thrown out if it happened multiple times.
So let's review . . . if a toddler did what Suarez did, he would get thrown out. Yet Suarez was allowed to keep playing?
God invented FIFA so the NCAA could still have someone to laugh at.
We had one major biting incident where a kid bit another kid in the upper back, and needless to say it was a huge problem for the kid who did it that took a lot of time to sort out, and while I wouldn't admit it at the time it was clear that the biting kid needed some serious help, help which I believe he started getting soon after the incident.
At that age, shit like that happens but even then it's a huge deal. For it to happen with adults, on this stage, is almost incomprehensible.
Well, maybe that kid needed help, but I don't think biting in and of itself means much regarding the mental state of a child. A friend of mine was a biter when we were young.
But I would say in general if you're in grade school there's no excuse for biting. Earlier than that, then yeah I don't think it necessarily raises any alarms, but 1st/2nd grade and up, from my experience (which to be fair is professionally limited to a camp that's very well-regulated and has generally pretty well-adjusted kids) and that becomes a big problem very fast.
I mean, just the fact that we're discussing the ages when biting can be considered at least somewhat acceptable as being well in the single-digits only underscores the incredible childness and impetuousness of Suarez, a grown fucking man. I mean Jesus Fucking-with-a-capital-F Christ.
Surely not again...suuuuurely not again.
This is FUBAR, but the announcer made me chuckle.
and fed before a match. In all seriousness, he has mental issues; he should be banned if not for two years at least one, along with psychological counseling and therapy. I don't know if he should be banned permanently, I'd like to think there is hope for the man, but if he was it would be understandable.
Months would be worthless. All it would do is ban him from friendlies unless the ban extends to his club. Uruguay won't play meaningful games for another year.
How about five years, to keep him out of the next World Cup and its qualifiers entirely? I wouldn't say that except that he's a repeat offender.
Why do people's shoulders keep attacking his teeth?
That video evidence has some teeth.