Posted on 06/24/2014 10:22:47 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Uruguay's Luis Suarez has been accused of biting a player for the third time in his career after an incident with Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.
The Liverpool striker lunged at Italy defender Chiellini shortly before Diego Godin scored to give Uruguay a 1-0 win.
Chiellini pulled his shirt down to show the referee a mark on his shoulder but no action was taken by the official.
The maximum ban Suarez could face if governing body Fifa takes retrospective action is 24 matches or two years.
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"He came into the locker room very positive, as always," Zusi said. "Obviously, we were pretty gutted at the end of that one but in hindsight, when you look back at it, we put ourselves in a great spot. Four points after two matches, I think any of us would've taken that.
Greece doubled its total scoring tally at World Cup tournaments by netting twice against the Ivory Coast on Tuesday the second coming through an injury-time penalty that secured a 2-1 victory and a spot in the knockout rounds.
Having gone scoreless through its first two games in Brazil a loss and a draw the Greeks are now improbably into the round of 16 for the first time in their history when European powers like Spain, Italy and England are going home.
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Moments before Godíns goal, however, Luis Suárez had ensured that the headlines would be his...
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Italy 0:1 Uruguay Match Highlights |
Bosnia-Hercegovina v Iran
Nigeria v Argentina
Ecuador v France
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One by one they said goodbye.
First, it was coach Cesare Prandelli's turn.
Then football federation president Giancarlo Abete.
And finally, midfield maestro Andrea Pirlo.
Italy's foundation exited en masse after a devastating 1-0 loss to Uruguay on Tuesday that knocked the Azzurri out of the World Cup after the group stage for the second straight time.
"It's a very sad day for us as a group and as individuals," captain Gianluigi Buffon said.
"You know that teams will be at 100 per cent and they're going to try to do everything to beat you.
"You have to respect your opponents and you have to go into it with ambition."
The situation is eerily similar to four years ago, when the Swiss were in contention for the last 16 but missed out when they drew their last group game with the Central American minnows.
Argentina approach the game with their noses put out of joint by media criticism of their performances so far, with only Messi's goals against Bosnia and Iran saving their blushes.
"Obviously it hurts when you hear people saying that they don't like you, when people say different things to us," Real Madrid forward Angel Di Maria said at the weekend.
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