the principal half of Uruguay's last gathering diversion against Italy at the 2014 World Cup, Luis Suárez propelled a late, ungainly test on Andrea Pirlo, overturning the playmaker with the nuance of a man bringing down a tree with a limit hatchet. As Pirlo tumbled, a thrashing lower arm struck Suárez around the ear. Suárez, accepting the part of the wronged man, held his head, gazed at Pirlo, looking hurt and stunned – stunned! – that anybody could do a wonder such as this.
Around 40 minutes after the fact, the score still 0-0, Suárez did comparable. In any case, this time the impetus was something more surprising. Add Giorgio Chiellini's name to the rundown with Otman Bakkal and Branislav Ivanovic: for the third time in his vocation, Suárez had nibbled a rival amid a match.
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Prior to that competition he was on a PR battle. This was another Luis Suárez. Not the person who racially manhandled Patrice Evra, or bit Ivanovic and Bakkal, or punched Dominic Adiyiah's header off the line against Ghana. "I need to change the terrible kid picture that has stuck for a bit since I don't think I am at all how I have been depicted," Suárez disclosed to Sports Illustrated.
Warming to the topic, he likewise stated: "Clearly, it's not the most appealing picture that I can have for myself. Yet, that is not what I need to be associated with. I need to do things right. I ridiculously do."
Pre-competition knee medical procedure implied he wasn't sufficiently fit to play in Uruguay's opener, a thrashing by Costa Rica, however in their second amusement he scored twice against England to thump them out.
Uruguay needed to beat Italy to experience however the diversion was stodgy, the two groups worked in the Natal warmth: Suárez resembled a man playing with weights on his legs. On 66 minutes, the ball broke to him, through on objective, yet Gigi Buffon plunged to spare his poked shot.
As per Suárez, this was the seed of what took after. He clarified in his collection of memoirs that in both past occurrences, dissatisfaction caused his dental upheavals. He bit Bakkal while playing for Ajax when "we were on an awful run that would prompt our chief Martin Jol getting the sack", while the Ivanovic episode came after "I gave away a dumb punishment".
Thus it was once more. "In the event that I had scored that objective," he expressed, "at that point what took after could never have happened. I would not have done anything. Nothing." So it was all Buffon's blame, truly.
Luis Suárez responds after the conflict with Giorgio Chiellini.
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Luis Suárez responds after the conflict with Giorgio Chiellini. Photo: Tony Gentile/Reuters
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On 79 minutes, Chiellini half headed away the ball and, as it bobbled out to one side, Suárez steamed in. The two jarred, at that point tumbled to the floor. No one adjacent appeared to respond. Matteo Di Sciglio, five yards away, dissented dubiously simply subsequent to perceiving how insulted and dazed his partner was. You can't point the finger at him.
Official Marco Rodríguez – fortunately nicknamed Chiquidrácula – gave a free-kick to Italy. Since he didn't book Suárez, what infraction he thought he saw is indistinct.
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An irate Chiellini pursued Rodríguez, pulling aside his shirt to go on the defensive imprints. In a confused demonstration, Gaston Ramírez endeavored to cover the shoulder as though that would influence it to leave. Suárez sat on the floor holding his teeth. In his past gnawing scenes he'd focused on fleshier territories. Chiellini, a man who looks as though he was etched instead of conceived, would have been through and through harder.
In the stands, it was misty what had happened. Some idea it was a unimportant headbutt however inside several minutes acknowledgment unfolded. Columnists took a gander at each other in dismay: gracious my god, he's done it once more.
Indeed, even those with access to replays weren't persuaded, including Jan Åge Fjørtoft, now a TV writer. As evidence of his distrust, he bit his hand at that point looked at the imprints, tweeting the outcomes. Twitter can be horrendous however when a previous Swindon striker bites some portion of his body and presents the photo on show a footballer hasn't nibbled another, you recollect why you sign on.
Chiellini, clearly, was increasingly sure. "It was ludicrous not to send Suárez off," he said. "Suárez is a sneak and he escapes with it in light of the fact that Fifa need their stars to play in the World Cup. I'd love to check whether they have the valor to utilize video confirm. The arbitrator saw the chomp stamp, as well, yet he didn't do anything."
With respect to Suárez, spread declined to liquefy. "These are simply things that occur out on the pitch that you shouldn't make such a major ordeal out of," he shrugged.
Suárez was so somewhere down trying to claim ignorance he even argued purity to his better half. At the point when Diego Godín scored the champ, he didn't celebrate with his typical zeal. "I was at that point considering the repercussions," he said as of late