SO what FIFA is saying is that there is no difference between this handall and the one by Harry Kewell. If this wasn't a two match ban than nothing is.


What do you think about the FourFourTwo article One-Match Ban For Suarez?
LUIS Suarez will only be banned for one match for his hand-ball against Ghana - meaning the striker will be eligible for the World Cup final if Uruguay beat Holland.

Have your say.

So in other words he got off free. He was going to miss the next match anyway because they would have been knocked out. He didn't take anything for the team. And now he is a national hero... Way to send a message fifa.

the "fair play" rhetoric seems fairly hollow given this decision.
So glad we knocked these pr!cks out in 2005

should have got a two matcher really because of the potential controversy of him playing in the final

Double Standards by FIFA!!!!!!!

Had this been basically any small team, they woulda gotten a two-match ban!!!

He exploited the rules. The law right now means that he CAN do that and should only deserve a one match ban. I wonder if they'll change the rules after the WC though.

Joke, an absolute joke. FIFA need to seriously have a review after this world cup, some of the decisions have just been mind boggling.,

YES! \:d/

do u guys play football? any1 in the world would of done the same thing and its not his fault they missed the spot kick, are u syaing uruguay is a big team now?from when i thought all u ozzys hate uruguay

I really hate the 'anyone else would do it' excuse. It's utter bollocks.

There are incidents of unethical behaviour like this in football, but then there's Di Canio catching the ball rather than taking advantage of an injured goal keeper or Arsene Wenger accepting a replay in the FA cup because Arsenal had won off a goal scored from a throw in meant for the opposition (after the ball was put out by the opposition due to an injury).

Some people have integrity and behave ethically others don't, same on the football pitch as it is anywhere else in life.

But the thing is, no-one would be calling Suarez a cheater or anything had Gyan scored the penalty.

Delibrate handball --> One match ban --> Completely fair
How it what he did exploiting the rules? Suarez will still miss next match and that could be Uruguay's last match of the tornament plus Ghana still had a brilliant chance to seal the deal with the 121st min penalty.

Yes it sucks for Ghana but thats football - not cheating.

Agreed with this.

Well, if we lose we still have the third place play-off.

And that would be because he wouldn't have gotten away with it.

It's natural that people get far more pissed off with a successful cheater rather than an attempted cheat.

Kind of like how you'd be far more annoyed with someone who actually shagged your missus rather than some idiot who tried and failed to chat her up.

Edited by loki: 4/7/2010 04:59:03 PM

He isnt a cheat he took at red card gave a penalty away Ghana didnt have the quality to put the penality away under the pressure such is football.

But how has he gotten away with it?
He got a red, Ghana got a penalty and he will miss the semi.

Because he cheated to get a desired outcome. His desired outcome was that Uruguay went through and he achieved this by deliberately breaking the rules of the game. In the final washup if Suarez chose to play within the rules of the game then Ghana goes through, so he got his desired outcome.

I honestly can't believe the controversy over the labelling of this guy a cheat. He behaved in an incredibly unethical manner and anyone who supports that has questionable ethics as well.

The guy deliberately handballed and paid the penalty, he didn't know Gyan would miss the penalty. He got sent off and thats the rules. How did he get away with it??

Ghana just failed to take advantage, if you can't take a gift like than then you deserve to go home.

Simple as that. Love it or hate it thats football and I love it.

Edited by latinr33: 4/7/2010 05:32:54 PM

We see this kind of thing happen ALL the time! Scholes did it last season for Man Utd, Neville did it for Everton, and I'm sure there are scores of others. Nobody makes a big deal out of it then because the penalty is scored.

How is it any different to a striker rounding the keeper and is about to slot it into the empty net and a player comes in from behind and takes his legs out. He would get sent off and the penalty would be awarded. That is his punishment. Would everybody call him a cheat and say that he is a disgrace? No.

Is he a cheater? No. Is it morally incorrect? Perhaps. But I bet that 95% of players would do the exact same thing in that position.

Could not have said it better myself. Sir you are a gentlemen and a scholar.

Why thank you, sir. :)

If you wait until the 120th minute to score a decisive goal, then you do allow controversial events, like Suarez's handball, to decide the match.

I would've given him two matches.

this is a joke he should of recieved a two match ban. Sure he got a red card, but Ghana recieved no advantage as it was the last play of the game. Its not like they played against a 10 men uruguay for anytime or uruguay had any disadvantage after the red card.

NO ADVANTAGE? WTF.

They had a penalty, and if they scored they would of won! ](*,) ](*,) ](*,)

on the ozzy news they say uruguay the cheaters are playing holland dont 4get we are biding for the world cup shut ur mouth we need votes plus has nofing do with us my amigos

Yes and if Suarez had not cheated Ghana would have scored and won.

Should have been a two match ban in my book.

imnofreak, i was going to propose the same last man foul hypothetical myself!

it's a professional foul. the punishment for a professional foul is a one match ban - only because this instance is so steeped in emotion and it had such devastating circumstances for the ghanaians are we even contemplating a further ban.

it's interesting to link this with the henry incident - other end of the pitch, but ended up with no more of a penalty than he would have received for any other missed handball.

i think fifa's got this spot on - at least they're consistent.

Fifa, unlike Suarez, must play by the rules, and as such, a one game suspension.
For all of you saying that this is not cheating - a definition.

2. To violate rules deliberately, as in a game:

The fact that Ghana failed to capitalise on this worm like act, does not make the act acceptable. Also I feel that this has become less about the actual act, and more about the fact that it is now being celebrated by his countrymen and team-mates.

To say that 95% of players would do the same thing is ridiculous. If this was the case, then anyone standing on the line defending a corner etc. would do the same 95% of the time and games would end up as 8 v 8. Pull your heads in.