On Matchday 3, Luis Suarez once again caught the headlines with his antics. His bite on the left shoulder of Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini went unnoticed by the referee during the game but it took the public by storm. The Liverpool forward was instantly ridiculed on social media as television replays confirmed that he made of Chiellini his third bite victim, after PSV’s Otman Bakkal in 2010 and Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic in 2013.
FIFA eventually conducted an investigation against Suarez. On Thursday, world football’s governing body announced on its official website:
“The player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1 lit. d of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of the FDC (an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player).
“The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup™ fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28 June 2014. The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguay’s next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative team’s subsequent official matches in accordance with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC.
“The player Luis Suárez is banned from taking part in any kind of football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of four (4) months in accordance with art. 22 of the FDC.
“A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suárez in accordance with art. 21 of the FDC as follows: the player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban (point 3). The player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve the nine-match suspension (point 2).
“The player Luis Suárez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of CHF 100,000.”
Official announcement of Luis Suarez's ban - video
Luis Suarez will have missed 39 matches due to bans related to biting players: 7 Ajax, 10 LFC, 9 Uruguay + 4 month ban (13 matches for LFC).
— World Cup 2014 (@WorldCupPosts) June 26, 2014
Suarez ban biggest in WC history. beats 8 games given to Italy's Tassotti for elbow on Luis Enrique. Barca boss could be affected again?
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) June 26, 2014
Boycotting the World Cup?
BREAKING: Uruguay are threatening to pull out of the World Cup over the Suarez ban!
— World Cup 2014 (@FIFAWorldCupTM) June 26, 2014
Luis Suarez will miss nine Premier League matches...
More frustration moments on the sideline coming up for Liverpool's Suarez, unless he moves to FC Barcelona like ex-Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon told talkSPORT on Thursday:
Some consolation for Liverpool fans...
Fact: Luis Suarez will still be playing Champions League football before Man United :-)
— Steven Gerrard (@Gerrard8FanPage) June 26, 2014 
