Luis Suarez Said He Didn't Bite His Opponent, He Just Lost His Balance And Hit Him With His Face
The Guardian – Luis Suárez, the Uruguayan striker banned for four months for biting Giorgio Chiellini, claimed in his defence to Fifa that the shocking act was not deliberate and he simply lost his balance and fell on to the Italian player with his teeth. In a defence that makes the proverbial “dog ate my homework” look plausible, Suárez wrote in a letter to the Fifa disciplinary panel chaired by Claudio Sulser that the incident was an accident. “In no way it happened how you have described, as a bite or intent to bite,” the Liverpool striker, dogged by controversy throughout his career, wrote in Spanish in a letter dated 25 June. “After the impact … I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent,” Suárez wrote in his submission to the panel which met on Wednesday, a day after Uruguay had beaten Italy 1-0 in a decisive group-stage match. “At that moment I hit my face against the player leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth,” Suárez said. The player could be seen holding his teeth following the clash with Chiellini but the seven-strong panel dismissed Suárez’s argument after studying the incident from 34 camera angles. The bite was “deliberate, intentional and without provocation,” the ruling stated in paragraph 26 of the panel’s conclusions. “I think he should find a way to stop doing it,” said the Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke. “He should go through a treatment. I don’t know if one exists but he should do something for himself because it is definitely wrong.”
Damnit, Luis. Don’t go down this road. Ordinarily I’m a big advocate of deny deny deny. But not here. Not with Luis Suarez and not when it comes to biting. Because biting is what Luis Suarez does. Its his shtick. His calling card. His finishing move. Would Stone Cold Steve Austin ever deny giving someone a stunner? “My opponent and I both slipped and fell and he hit his throat against my shoulder.” For sure not. Should have released a statement saying “I’m Luis Suarez and I bit that dude because I’m a cannibal and I do cannibal shit.” Tell the world you bit him and if you’re given the chance you’ll bite him again.
Tiger can’t change his stripes and Luis Suarez ain’t ever gonna stop biting people. Thats all there is to it.