WORLD CUP: Suarez sorry Chiellini suffered ‘result’ of bite
AFP, MONTEVIDEO
Disgraced Uruguay
striker Luis Suarez on Monday apologized to Italy
It is the first time Suarez has acknowledged that the Italian was bitten.
“The truth is that my colleague Giorgio Chiellini
suffered the physical result of a bite in the collision he suffered with me. I
deeply regret what occurred,” the 27-year-old Liverpool
striker said on Twitter. “I apologize to Giorgio Chiellini and the entire
football family. I vow to the public there will never again be another incident
like.”
Chiellini, who said the ban was excessive, reacted
quickly to the apology, tweeting back: “It’s all forgotten. I hope FIFA will
reduce your suspension.”
Suarez bit Chiellini in Uruguay’s 1-0 win over Italy on
June 24 that took La Celeste
into the World Cup last 16, before they were beaten by Colombia on Saturday.
The polemic
striker initially denied the charges against him, telling a FIFA disciplinary commission
that he lost his balance and there was no bite. Still, within 48 hours of the
incident, he was handed a four-month ban from all soccer activities, suspended
from nine internationals and fined US$112,000 for what was his third biting
offense.
Suarez on Friday returned to Uruguay
FIFA’s disciplinary commission gave a damning assessment
of Suarez’s actions in its final report on the incident, which was leaked to
various media outlets, and said “the offense was carried out directly against
an opposing player, while the ball was not being disputed, and it was done deliberately,
intentionally and without provocation.”
Several soccer figures inside and outside FIFA have said
Suarez — one of the best, but also most temperamental, strikers in the world — should seek
counseling.
FIFA General-Secretary Jerome Valcke said at the World
Cup that Suarez had to “find a way to stop doing it. He should go through a
treatment. It is definitely wrong.”
International professional players’ union FIFPro said
that soccer’s world governing body should have made mandatory treatment part of its sanction.
Structure:
When: Monday
Where: Uruguay
Who: Luis Suarez, Giorgio Chiellini
What: disgraced Uruguay striker Luis Suarez on Monday apologized to Italy
How: he was handed a four-month ban from all
soccer activities, suspended from nine internationals and fined US$112,000
Key words:
disgrace : 恥辱，丟臉
acknowledge: 承認
suspension : 中止，暫停
polemic : 爭論的，辯論的
disciplinary : 訓誡的
commission : 委員會
outrage : 憤怒
deliberately : 故意的
provocation : 激怒，挑撥
temperamental : 個性倔強的，喜怒無常的
mandatory : 命令的，強制的
No matter the results of any competition are good or bad, we should always have sportsmanship. I think the punishment assessment commission gave is appropriate and it's essential.
回覆刪除The behavior of biting another player is really improper. Hope the player know he did something wrong, and through the punishment, he can learn to control his temper and won't do that again.
回覆刪除When it comes to sports, everyone should have sportsmanship. Biting others is such an immoral behavior. Hope that he can learn the lesson,and behave well.
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