Fifa may extend Luis Suárez ban_心
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'the "hand of god" now belongs to me
? player could yet be suspended from team's final game
fifa has confirmed that the uruguay striker luis suárez could miss the rest of the world cup following his handball against ghana. suárez was given a straight red card for saving a goalbound-header on the line in extra-time, ghana missed the resulting penalty and uruguay went through to the semi-final after winning a shoot-out.
the striker will serve an automatic one-match ban ruling him out of the semi-final with holland but fifa's disciplinary committee will look at the case to see whether he should also be suspended for uruguay's last match of the tournament - which will be either the final or the third-place play-off.
"for automatic red cards there is an automatic one-match suspension," fifa spokesman pekka odriozola told a media briefing. "the disciplinary committee also opens a case and they will be looking at that incident and taking a decision." fifa's disciplinary code gives the committee the option of a longer ban for "unsportsmanlike conduct".
suárez is being hailed as a hero in his home country but the incident has provoked condemnation in other parts of the world. his action is also contrary to fifa's fair play code which states: "winning is without value if victory has been achieved unfairly or dishonestly. cheating is easy, but brings no pleasure."
suárez, whose three goals put him in contention to be the tournament's leader scorer, later said it was "complicated" to be sent off at a world cup. "but the way in which i was sent off ... truth is, it was worth it," he said.
"the 'hand of god' now belongs to me. mine is the real 'hand of god'. i made the best save of the tournament. there was no alternative but for me to do that and when they missed the penalty i thought 'it is a miracle and we are alive in the tournament'. now we are in the semi-finals although i was very sad because no one likes to be sent off."考试大论坛
the uruguay coach oscar tabárez claimed it was "too harsh" to say that suárez had cheated and that the ajax striker had reacted instinctively. "saying we cheated ghana is too harsh a word to use," said tabárez. "we also abide by what the referee did - it could have been a mistake. yes he stuck his hand out but it's not cheating - i don't think it's fair to say that.
"i think it was instinctive. the player instinctively reacted and was thrown out of the match and he can't play the next match. what else do you want? is suárez also to blame for ghana missing the penalty? we try to be dignified and if we lose a match we look for the reasons for it. you shouldn't look to third parties. this is football. there are consequences to that handball and he didn't know that ghana was going to miss that penalty."
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'the "hand of god" now belongs to me
? player could yet be suspended from team's final game
fifa has confirmed that the uruguay striker luis suárez could miss the rest of the world cup following his handball against ghana. suárez was given a straight red card for saving a goalbound-header on the line in extra-time, ghana missed the resulting penalty and uruguay went through to the semi-final after winning a shoot-out.
the striker will serve an automatic one-match ban ruling him out of the semi-final with holland but fifa's disciplinary committee will look at the case to see whether he should also be suspended for uruguay's last match of the tournament - which will be either the final or the third-place play-off.
"for automatic red cards there is an automatic one-match suspension," fifa spokesman pekka odriozola told a media briefing. "the disciplinary committee also opens a case and they will be looking at that incident and taking a decision." fifa's disciplinary code gives the committee the option of a longer ban for "unsportsmanlike conduct".
suárez is being hailed as a hero in his home country but the incident has provoked condemnation in other parts of the world. his action is also contrary to fifa's fair play code which states: "winning is without value if victory has been achieved unfairly or dishonestly. cheating is easy, but brings no pleasure."
suárez, whose three goals put him in contention to be the tournament's leader scorer, later said it was "complicated" to be sent off at a world cup. "but the way in which i was sent off ... truth is, it was worth it," he said.
"the 'hand of god' now belongs to me. mine is the real 'hand of god'. i made the best save of the tournament. there was no alternative but for me to do that and when they missed the penalty i thought 'it is a miracle and we are alive in the tournament'. now we are in the semi-finals although i was very sad because no one likes to be sent off."考试大论坛
the uruguay coach oscar tabárez claimed it was "too harsh" to say that suárez had cheated and that the ajax striker had reacted instinctively. "saying we cheated ghana is too harsh a word to use," said tabárez. "we also abide by what the referee did - it could have been a mistake. yes he stuck his hand out but it's not cheating - i don't think it's fair to say that.
"i think it was instinctive. the player instinctively reacted and was thrown out of the match and he can't play the next match. what else do you want? is suárez also to blame for ghana missing the penalty? we try to be dignified and if we lose a match we look for the reasons for it. you shouldn't look to third parties. this is football. there are consequences to that handball and he didn't know that ghana was going to miss that penalty."
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