Now you've got a red card and a minimum three match ban, and are likely going home from the world cup too!
To paraphrase Neil Armstrong: This is one small bite for a Uruguayan and one giant ban for LFC. Could've been worse, I suppose.
Do you ****iing realise how long it took me to work out how get that pic in my sig, aout 2 weeks with the help of a mod and another poster!
You'll note I've amended the first point Funnily enough the bite itself was not that big a deal elsewhere in the world, certainly not across South / Latin America and as to who cares what Maradonna thinks? ... a whole continent cares very much indeed... he is still viewed as a footballing God by millions of people in countries where football equates to religion ... My own view is that the incident needed sanction and biting is obviously unacceptable - but i think he needs help more than punishment and the reality is that had Italy progressed Chelini would have been able to play without any after effects ... that can't be said of some very cynical tackles that get made - I'm old enough to recall (admitedly more via historic tv footage) the quite deplorable treatment dished uot to Pele in 1966 which all but crippled him in the tournament. Which is worse?
The 4 month ban will help him, think on what he has done. Bad tackles happen, bites should never happen
Can't disagree with any of that BUT ... what happened to Pele in 1966 hardly equated to 'bad tackles' ... it was orhestrated assault aimed at disabling a gifted opponoent and had no place on a football field ... then or now
Probably the last person you would want speaking up for you and would probably have defended Myra Hindley and Ian Brady if he knew who they were. Laughable cheating dwarf with a penchant for dealing & using and anything else outrageous enough to get himself in the news.
Rubbish. Zico, a much superior footballer and man than Diego, said it was a fair punishment. and zico, is not a cheat like Maradona, who can relate to cheaters and liars better. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/29/brazil-colobmia-james-rodriguez-zico Suarez people and PR teams would get stories about the bite not being that bad out in the media to protect their brand and suckers lap up the spin. Unfair that the punishment affects Liverpool seeing as he played for Uruguay but LFC's constant pandering to Suarez can't have helped After years of racism, cheating, biting and demanding to leave the club. Suarez has become bigger than the club and maybe behaved badly because even after he betrayed LFC trying to leave when they supported him through his race and violence issues, the club and fans still beg him to stay offering him an enhanced contract
Very strange analogy - can't see any obvious linkage or similarity. Maradona did also get himself in the news for being the outstanding footballer of his era and taking an arguably quite average Argentina team to world cup glory - yes the hand of god goal was cheating but he was also unplayable for the rest of that world cup. To date he is still the best footballer I have witnessed at first hand.
Purely your opinion LO (so likely flawed by definition ) - Zico was a very good footballer but not in the same league as Maradona IMHO ... Zico played with a number of equally gifted players ... Maradona carried a team of average Joes to World Cup glory ...
Valdano, Burrachaga and Batista all quality. Argies were strong defensively that World cup too. Zico also carried weakish Flamengo sides to national, state and continental copas. And also, he is one of my favourite ever players so I am very biased!!!
I think the OP's called it right he was a decent footballer but a ****ing big cheat and drug cheat/abuser horrible little ****.
