Argentina legend Maradona: FIFA have “crucified” Liverpool’s Suarez
Diego Maradona has lambasted FIFA over their four-month ban of Luis Suarez, claiming the Uruguayan striker has been “crucified” by football’s governing body.
The Argentine football legend appeared on De Zurda TV show sporting a shirt that branded the message ”Luisito Estamos Con Vos”, meaning, “Luis we are with you”, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Maradona said on the show: “Why? Who is killed? This is football, this is friction.
“Why not send him to Guantanamo?”, he later joked.
Like Suarez, Maradona was also banned from a World Cup when he was infamously hit with a 15-month ban for testing positive for banned substances in 1994.
The Liverpool striker was banned from “all football related activity” by FIFA for his bite on Georgio Chiellini during Uruguay’s 1-0 victory over Italy on Tuesday evening. The ban means Suarez will miss the rest of the World Cup as well as the first 9 games of Liverpool’s Premier League season.