{"id":28551,"date":"2014-06-28T04:02:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T03:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=28551"},"modified":"2014-06-28T14:38:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T13:38:32","slug":"uruguay-president-calls-suarez-ban-eternal-shame-for-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uruguay-president-calls-suarez-ban-eternal-shame-for-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Uruguay president calls Suarez ban \u2018eternal shame\u2019 for football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uruguay\u2019s President Jose Mujica said Friday that the four months ban against star striker Luis Suarez for biting a World Cup opponent would become an \u201ceternal shame\u201d on football\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<div id=\"entryContainer\">\n<div>\n<p>Mujica strongly condemned the way FIFA, football\u2019s global governing body, carried out the sanction after Suarez bit the shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe think this will be remembered, this will remain among the worst moments in the history of football. This will be an eternal shame in the story of World Cups,\u201d Mujica said in his weekly radio address.<\/p>\n<p>But the Uruguayan leader, who said after the incident that he had not seen a bite, did not condemn the four month ban on all football activities ordered against the 27-year-old Uruguay striker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a certain way, it can be understood,\u201d said the 79-year-old left-of-centre leader. Mujica said he had met Suarez after his return to Uruguay on Friday to offer \u201ca humble accolade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot understand the form, the procedure applied\u201d in making the sanction, the president added.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez bit Chiellini in a World Cup match as Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 to secure a place in the last 16. FIFA ordered a four month ban on all football activities, a nine match international suspension and a 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000, 83,000 euro) fine.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez flew back to Uruguay on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8211; AFPn<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uruguay\u2019s President Jose Mujica said Friday that the four months ban against star striker Luis Suarez for biting a World Cup opponent would become an \u201ceternal shame\u201d on football\u2019s history.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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