Luis Suarez to fight 'fascist' ban in highest court
Lawyer says they will try to reduce sanction for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini in Court of Arbitration for Sport
Uruguyan striker Luis Suarez will appeal a "fascist" four-month ban for biting a World Cup rival, his lawyer said.
Fifa had rejected an appeal on Thursday by Uruguay and the 27-year-old over the severity of his punishment.
We have seen it mattered little to the gentlemen of Fifa that he had confessed and repented
But now Suarez is going to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to try to reduce his sanction for biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini in a group D game on June 24, his lawyer said.
“We knew the decision of the corporation that is Fifa would not be favourable,” the player’s lawyer, Alejandro Balbi, told Spanish radio Cope.
“We are going to appeal to the CAS. We are going to actually do it in the next few hours.”
Balbi said he hoped the sports tribunal would revoke “a draconian sanction, which is of a totalitarian and fascist hue, by any reckoning”.