The Uruguayan Football Association was put in a tough decision after one of its playersâ€"Luis Suarezâ€"appeared to bite an opponent during World Cup play.
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He is one of their players so in a way they are obligated to defend him, but the question is to what degree or how hard they try. After all, we are not talking about a first-time offender. He is more like a third-time offender (his latest victim being Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during Tuesday’s Italy vs. Uruguay match).
How do you defend a repeat offender?
Easyâ€"deflect, deflect, deflect.
FIFA has announced that he will be facing charges for the incident and the organization gave the UFA till 5 PM Wednesday to respond. It appears that their defense is going to be two-fold.
Firstâ€"make accusations of possible collusion.
“We’ve prepared another video of the game in which we discovered there was other behavior similar to Suarez’s in the game which did not generate a similar reaction from the press,†Uruguayan FA president Wilmar Valdez said (via the Guardian).
Team captain Diego Lugano has been much more open about accusing others of targeting Suarez.
“Everybody knows the British media have an issue with Suárez,†he said. “It must sell newspapers in England. Otherwise you wouldn’t be here. Yesterday Uruguay played against Italy and Saturday it will play Colombia. I don’t know what a British journalist is doing talking about Suárez. It must be popular with the British media. I don’t see another explanation.â€
So pretty much they are going to argue he didn’t do it and that he’s being targeted because of his past. He’s been suspended twice before for biting people (seven games and ten games).
[Guardian]
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