Disgraced Uruguay striker Luis Suarez
has finally admitted to biting Italy
defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World
Cup.
The Liverpool forward has been
barred from all football-related
activity for four months, banned for
nine competitive international
matches and hit with an €80,000
[£64,000] fine.
Suarez had previously denied biting
the defender , instead insisting his
face "hit against the player, leaving a
small bruise ... and a strong pain in
my teeth" but has now come clean.
In a message posted on his official
Twitter page, Suarez wrote: "After
several days of being at home with
my family, I have had the opportunity
to regain my calm [sic] and reflect
about the reality of what occurred
during the Italy-Uruguay match on 24
June 2014.
"Independant from the fallout and the
contradicting declarations that have
surfaced during these past days, all
of which have been without the
intention of interfering with the good
performance of my national team, the
truth is that my colleague Giorgio
Chiellini suffered the physical result
of a bite in the collision he suffered
with me. For this:
I deeply regret what occurred.
I apologize to Giorgio Chiellini and
the entire football family.
I vow to the public that there will
never again be another incident like
[in] Montevideo, 30th of June 2014."
The fallout from the incident has
been vast and wide-reaching, with
the president of the Uruguay Football
Association, Jose Murjica, calling the
ban "fascist" and Uruguay team-mate
Diego Lugano branding it an "act of
barbarity".
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