Fifa tests Luis Suarez "gnawing" episode

Luis Suarez was banned for 10 Premier League matches in 2013 in the wake of gnawing Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic The arbitrator made no move at the time of the occurrence

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Skepticism and dissent: Inside the Suarez storm

Football's reality overseeing body has opened disciplinary incidents against Uruguay striker Luis Suarez after he seemed to nibble Italy guard Giorgio Chiellini throughout a World Cup match.

The Liverpool forward, 27, and the Uruguayan Football Association have until 17:00 Brazilian time (21:00 BST) on Wednesday to react to Fifa.

Suarez conflicted with Chiellini throughout Tuesday's Group D amusement, which Uruguay won 1-0 to meet all requirements for the last 16.

The ref made no move at the time.

The greatest boycott Suarez could confront if Fifa makes review move is 24 matches or two years.

Suarez has safeguarded himself in a meeting with Uruguayan TV.

"These are simply things that happen out on the pitch," he said. "It was simply the two of us inside the region and he found me with his shoulder.

Chiellini pulled down his shirt to show what give off an impression of being chomp stamps on his shoulder

"There are things that happen on the pitch and you ought not make such a major ordeal out of them."

Chiellini, 29, depicted Suarez as "a sneak".

He included: "I'd want to check whether Fifa has the fearlessness to utilize feature confirmation against him. The arbitrator saw the chomp mark, yet he doesn't di anything about it."

After the crash between the players, Suarez went to ground holding his mouth, clearly recommending he had been elbowed.

Chiellini pursued Mexican arbitrator Marco Rodriguez trying to demonstrate to him the charged nibble imprint, pulling his shirt down to exposed his left shoulder.

As he did thus, Uruguay forward Gaston Ramirez attempted to stop him by pulling the Italian's pullover go into spot.

The occurrence happened towards the end of the amusement, without further ado before Suarez's colleague Diego Godin scored the main objective of the match.

Godin's champ disposed of four-times champions Italy from the World Cup and secured Uruguay, semi-finalists in South Africa four years back, a match against Colombia in the following round.