Washington: Marco Rodriguez, the referee who failed to see Luis Suarez biting Giorgio Chiellini, has been assigned to referee the World Cup Semi-final in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday. FIFA, on its website, declared that Mexico`s Rodriguez would referee the match between Brazil and Germany. Rodriguez has handled two World Cup matches – Uruguay`s 1-0 win …
JAMES Rodriguez and Neymar showed the bright and sporting side of individual South American football talent in Saturday’s last 16 matches at the World Cup in stark contrast to the furore sparked by the Luis Suarez biting incident. The fresh-faced 22-year-old Rodriguez — who has lived up to the mantle of being ‘El Pibe Nuevo’ …
Uruguay’s Luis Suarez’s World Cup dream was left in tatters when he was handed a record nine-match ban on Thursday by FIFA for biting an Italy defender during a group match. Suarez was also suspended from any football-related activity for four months and fined 100,000 Swiss francs ($111,000), soccer’s world governing body said in a …
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Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 in Natal thanks to Diego Godin’s late goal to seal their place in the last 16 and eliminate Italy, but the match was overshadowed by an incident a few minutes earlier when Suarez appeared to bite Chiellini. Chiellini tried to show referee Marco Rodriguez the mark but no action was taken, …
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