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WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL
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Portrait of a serial winner - Luis Suarez is soccer's most beautiful player
I'm sure this has been posted/read by most already, but I found it absolutely excellent. Thompson is a great journalist.
I'm sure this has been posted/read by most already, but I found it absolutely excellent. Thompson is a great journalist.
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Pretty great article. Gives a lot of insight into where his madness comes from which doesn't excuse what he's done of course but helps explain it a little bit.
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Good job ignoring this post you fucking moron.
And no it's not LFC bias - in your world being spat on or bit is worse than being knocked out cold by the elbow of someone sprinting towards you. The Thatcher elbow would have been more at home in the WWE, not the Premiership.
Worst tackles ever: Graham Poll's terrible 10 | Mail Online
You're all part of the conspiracy!
Uruguayan FA defends Luis Su?rez, claiming bite marks are Photoshopped
Uruguayan FA defends Luis Su?rez, claiming bite marks are Photoshopped
Uruguayan FA defends Luis Suárez, claiming bite marks are Photoshopped | Football | The Guardian
World Cup 2014: day 15 ??" live! | Football | theguardian.com
*edit* confirmed. Boateng and Muntari are both sent home. Portugal must be laughing
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"Tell me your strategy for the game, or the NSA will"Where is the note sent to the german coach?
Bad news guys, all this interest in the World Cup is just another example of the country's moral decay.Ann Coulter - June 25, 2014 - AMERICAS FAVORITE NATIONAL PASTIME: HATING SOCCER
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Luis Suarez bite: Let's move past the shock value and get some perspective - World Cup 2014 - Football - The Independent
"Danny Mills would send him to jail, Alan Shearer would ban him worldwide for "as long as I could", which under Fifa statutes is two years. What heinous crime could Luis Suarez have committed to prompt such a response from two players who were not exactly shrinking violets on the field?
He bit someone.
He did not fix a match, which strikes at the very heart of sport. He did not use performance-enhancing drugs, which is the most insidious form of cheating. He did not go over the top and break an opponent's leg, or shatter an opponent's nose or cheekbone with an elbow. He did not attack a referee (he has done that, head-butting an official, but that was 11 years ago when he was playing youth team football at 16 and he received a long ban).
In my mind these are all worse acts than biting an opponent, especially given it was in the heat of the moment, and he did not pursue the act long enough to draw blood.
What he did was disgusting and horrible, sets a terrible example and would be deeply unpleasant to be a victim of. But Giorgio Chiellini played on. If Suarez had broken his leg with a reckless, even premeditated tackle (it happens) he would have been out until Christmas.
Suarez needs psychiatric help, not a jail sentence. He deserves to be banned, ideally for the duration of the World Cup with a longer sentence suspended on condition he has professional treatment, but is his offence really deserving of a longer ban than a player who has threatened the livelihood of another? It is the shock value, and the recidivism, which has accounted for the publicity and outrage.
There is also, clearly, a cultural issue. In Italy, according to a SkyItalia reporter, they are more interested in assessing who is to blame for the Azzurri being out of the World Cup at the group stage (Mario Balotelli appears to be receiving more blame than Suarez). In Brazil the incident seems to be regarded as comedy rather than horror.
In England, however, Suarez is beyond the pale. Diving, biting, cheating: he fits our stereotype of the South American footballing bad guy, the latest in a long line stretching back past Diego Maradona to Antonio Rattin. There is also a place, it should be said, for lovable South Americans, such as Ossie Ardiles, Gus Poyet, and all things Brazilian.
And yet, if the behaviour of Uruguayan Suarez is so reprehensible, how is it Dylan Hartley is still being picked for England's rugby union team? The hooker was banned for eight weeks for biting the finger of Ireland's Steven Ferris in a Six Nations international in 2012 - and a finger is rather more vulnerable than a shoulder. Nor was it his first, or last, offence. In 2007 Hartley was banned for six months for eye gouging, which, considering the possible consequences, is far worse than nibbling on a shoulder. He was also banned for punching an opponent and for abusing a referee. Last week this serial offender started for England against New Zealand, his 56th cap. No one seemed to be outraged."
"Danny Mills would send him to jail, Alan Shearer would ban him worldwide for "as long as I could", which under Fifa statutes is two years. What heinous crime could Luis Suarez have committed to prompt such a response from two players who were not exactly shrinking violets on the field?
He bit someone.
He did not fix a match, which strikes at the very heart of sport. He did not use performance-enhancing drugs, which is the most insidious form of cheating. He did not go over the top and break an opponent's leg, or shatter an opponent's nose or cheekbone with an elbow. He did not attack a referee (he has done that, head-butting an official, but that was 11 years ago when he was playing youth team football at 16 and he received a long ban).
In my mind these are all worse acts than biting an opponent, especially given it was in the heat of the moment, and he did not pursue the act long enough to draw blood.
What he did was disgusting and horrible, sets a terrible example and would be deeply unpleasant to be a victim of. But Giorgio Chiellini played on. If Suarez had broken his leg with a reckless, even premeditated tackle (it happens) he would have been out until Christmas.
Suarez needs psychiatric help, not a jail sentence. He deserves to be banned, ideally for the duration of the World Cup with a longer sentence suspended on condition he has professional treatment, but is his offence really deserving of a longer ban than a player who has threatened the livelihood of another? It is the shock value, and the recidivism, which has accounted for the publicity and outrage.
There is also, clearly, a cultural issue. In Italy, according to a SkyItalia reporter, they are more interested in assessing who is to blame for the Azzurri being out of the World Cup at the group stage (Mario Balotelli appears to be receiving more blame than Suarez). In Brazil the incident seems to be regarded as comedy rather than horror.
In England, however, Suarez is beyond the pale. Diving, biting, cheating: he fits our stereotype of the South American footballing bad guy, the latest in a long line stretching back past Diego Maradona to Antonio Rattin. There is also a place, it should be said, for lovable South Americans, such as Ossie Ardiles, Gus Poyet, and all things Brazilian.
And yet, if the behaviour of Uruguayan Suarez is so reprehensible, how is it Dylan Hartley is still being picked for England's rugby union team? The hooker was banned for eight weeks for biting the finger of Ireland's Steven Ferris in a Six Nations international in 2012 - and a finger is rather more vulnerable than a shoulder. Nor was it his first, or last, offence. In 2007 Hartley was banned for six months for eye gouging, which, considering the possible consequences, is far worse than nibbling on a shoulder. He was also banned for punching an opponent and for abusing a referee. Last week this serial offender started for England against New Zealand, his 56th cap. No one seemed to be outraged."
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This would be why he was voted Player of the Year there a few months ago.
Different sports, different standards. Rugby is a lot more violent that football, and you'll notice the player got banned for 8 weeks and then the second time for 6 months. That's more than Suarez got for the first two offences.