FIFA is weighing up potential sanctions referring to incidents after the Uruguay vs Ghana match, with Edinson Cavani and Jose Maria Gimenez dealing with punishments.
The Uruguayan FA (AUF) might additionally face motion and they’re fearing repercussions like in 2014.
If, as anticipated, the gamers are handed bans numbered in matches not time, the excellent news for his or her golf equipment is that Gimenez (Atletico Madrid) and Cavani (Valencia) could be suspended just for worldwide video games.
The 2014 precedent
In 2014, Luis Suarez, for his biting incident, was given a sequence of sanctions which included a four-month ban from all football-related actions.
Such a ban is strictly what Uruguay – and maybe extra so Valencia and Atletico Madrid – are fearing as a worst-case situation.
Nevertheless, this is able to be an excessive response and it stays unlikely. There are only a few examples of such bans in soccer historical past and plenty of consider that, even in Suarez‘s case, it was grossly extreme.
The Suarez ban was so excessive that it was challenged on the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport. The CAS upheld most facets of the punishment, nonetheless, however with one essential nuance which alleviated probably the most extreme parts.
The courtroom dominated that the four-month suspension from football-related exercise was to be solely utilized to competing in matches.
This meant that Suarez was allowed to coach together with his new membership Barcelona, however could not make his debut till October.
Atleti and Valencia wait anxiously
Whereas the AUF stays suspicious of FIFA and incensed on the choice to not at the very least overview the potential penalties towards Ghana, the gamers’ golf equipment can even be ready on information.
Valencia and Atleti will concentrate on the scenario, however hopeful that it should not straight have an effect on them.