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Luis Suarez hopes FIFA committee admit "error"

Xinhua, July 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Uruguay forward Luis Suarez is hoping at least one member of the International Federation of Association Football's (FIFA) Disciplinary Committee will admit they were wrong for imposing an "exaggerated" suspension on the player for biting an Italian defender in the World Cup 2014 in Brazil.

"The people on the committee know the suspension was exaggerated," said Suarez during an interview with television program Fox Sports Radio on Thursday night.

"They know it. Just as I regret it and I said I was wrong I would like that one of them would say at some point: 'we gave you this suspension and we were wrong'. This would be the most fair and the most respectable (outcome)" added Suarez.

FIFA forced the player to abandon the Uruguay team in Brazil and they imposed a four month suspension on him in all football activities and a nine-match-ban on official matches with his national team (he still has four more matches to miss). He is also forbidden to train with the team and play in friendly matches.

Suarez told Fox Sports Radio the suspension may have been motivated by political interests as he highlighted the fact that one of FIFA's Disciplinary Committee members is imprisoned in Switzerland for alleged acts of corruption.

"I don't know if mine (punishment) had to do with something political," said the Barcelona striker.

"This situation of taking formal action against the littlest things that players do on the pitch and having the cameras capture everything is complicated," said the 28-year-old forward while holidaying in Uruguay before returning to Spain for pre-season training. Enditem