FIFA World Cup 2014 – Wednesday 25 June 2014
The morning after the night before…
Should we just ignore it? Should we not bring anymore focus on the incident? It’s happened, so let’s move on…
If only it was that simple.
As a parent, I would have been mortified if my son had bitten another child at nursery school and I would have made sure it only happened the once. When a 27 year old man does it for a third time, there is something pretty seriously wrong and it can’t be ignored.
For those not familiar with the other incidents, here goes:
- November 2010: Whilst playing for Ajax Suarez bites PSV’s Otman Bakkal on the shoulder and is subsequently banned for seven games.
- April 2013: During the Liverpool v Chelsea game Suarez bites Branislav Ivanovic and receives a ten game ban.
Throw-in the racist incident with Patrice Evra and his penchant for diving and the character assassination is complete.
What would I like to see happen? Well for a start Suarez needs to seek some professional help as he has some behavioural issues. FIFA should ban him for a season and Uruguay should lose the points from the victory over Italy. In addition, Liverpool should terminate his contract.
But this is football we are talking about which is as morally corrupt as the organisation that runs it.
What has been an enjoyable World Cup so far, has been marred.