An unrepentant Luis Suárez was on Wednesday night planning how to escape a record World Cup ban after his lawyer branded his biting of Giorgio Chiellini “casual play” that led to the Uruguay striker suffering a worse injury than his opponent.
Alejandro Balbi, a Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) board member, also claimed his client was the victim of an English, Italian and Brazilian conspiracy to expel the striker from the tournament for helping knock the former two countries out while AUF president Wilmar Valdez said there was not enough proof to sanction the player.
Suárez on Wednesday night faced a heavy sanction if found guilty by FIFA of the third biting offence of his career, its disciplinary committee confirming he would learn his fate by the end of Thursday following the examination of footage from Tuesday’s Group D match between Uruguay and Italy in Natal. Rather than apologise for an episode that has marred the most spectacular of World Cups, Suárez attempted on Wednesday to wriggle his way out of a ban, with Balbi and AUF president Wilmar Valdez travelling to Rio de Janeiro to plead his case.
Suárez on Wednesday night faced a heavy sanction if found guilty by FIFA of the third biting offence of his career, its disciplinary committee confirming he would learn his fate by the end of Thursday following the examination of footage from Tuesday’s Group D match between Uruguay and Italy in Natal. Rather than apologise for an episode that has marred the most spectacular of World Cups, Suárez attempted on Wednesday to wriggle his way out of a ban, with Balbi and AUF president Wilmar Valdez travelling to Rio de Janeiro to plead his case.
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