Suarez has
just bitten a little more than he can chew. In case you don't live in this
planet, let me tell you what has just gone down in the world cup.
Luis Suarez in Uruguay's final group game against Italy bit the shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini in their victory over the Italians.
Italians were eliminated from the world cup and Uruguay progressed to the second round but most likely, this will be without Suarez.
This is not the first time Suarez was biting a fellow footballer and in fact he wasn't the first sport personality to engage in the act famously reversed for Count Dracula.
In
June 28, 1997, in the Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II, billed as "The
Sound and the Fury", for the WBA Heavyweight. Mike Tyson who had had
the "Iron" removed from his name at this time, bit part of the ear of
Holyfield.
The fight went down as one of the most bizarre fights in boxing history. Tyson was disqualified from the match and lost his boxing license, though it was later reinstated.
Suarez on the other hand began his biting career when he was playing for Ajax in Holland. In November 2010, Luis Suarez then captain of the Ajax football team accepted a seven-match ban for biting the shoulder of PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkai in their 0-0 league draw.
In April 2013, Suarez again sank his teeth into the body of Chelsea defender Ivanovic in an EPL match which Liverpool. There he was given a 10 match ban.
And on June 24, 2014 in football biggest stage, The World Cup, he completed his Hat trick of bites, sinking his teeth once again into his favourite body spot, the shoulder of Italian defender Chiellini. FIFA is yet to impose a ban which many are claiming shouldn't be anything less than the maximum approved for sure disciplinary act - 24 months or 2 years. Though this is unprecedented in all of World Cup history.
What however is not known is, if the ban will cover only international matches or domestic league matches as well. The issue about whether Suarez will be ban or not shouldn't even come up, as he will be ban. There are enough video and picture evidences to prove he indeed sank his teeth into Chiellini shoulder. The major evident is his teeth marks on the defender's shoulder.
What may likely be causing Luis to react this way when he is under intense stress?
In the first incident, he bit Otman when he could not find the net as the match drifted to a scoreless draw.
In the second incident, he had just given away a penalty to Chelsea and Chelsea were running away with a victory and in the current incident, the match with Italy was balanced at 0-0 just before his team scored. So it obvious, stress brings out this part of him.
It is a FIXATION.
Fixation is a concept originated by Sigmund Freud to denote the persistence of anachronistic sexual traits.
Subsequently, "'Fixation' acquired a broader connotation.
"A strong attachment to a person or thing, especially such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in immature or neurotic behaviour that persists throughout life"
This was Luis Suarez's defense of the previous two incidents.
"Explaining the more recent incident in an interview with Sports Illustrated earlier this month, he claimed that “it was a matter of frustration in the heat of the play … you react in a fraction of a second. Something that may not seem like a big deal suddenly is and you aren’t conscious of your reaction or the repercussions.” Well said.
As a child while growing up, when we were offended by other kids, we would either hold their necks for boys or bite them as girls. These traits can be seen more clearly as we grew up.
When most ladies are confronted with a situation where they have to defend themselves, the first thing they go with is their teeth. They hold any parts of the person to inflict the best possible pain.
When guys are confronted in a fight, they either push off their opponent or grab them by their shirt or throat. It’s something we learnt as kids. It's both our defense and attacking mechanism. It’s the front we put forward to let the other party think we are not afraid to engage in a confrontation. It's also what we do to make the other person become afraid of us.
The sad thing about this however is, as we grow older we seem to lose control of when this character flaws can show up. And because it's a fixation, it will show up sooner or later. It just requires the right conditions. And for Suarez, its when he is been frustrated in the football field.
After the second incident with Ivanovic, Suarez underwent some psychological evaluation and counselling but as long as the right conditions were never present, he was bound not to exhibit this character. As long as Liverpool did well in the League after his reinstatement, it was contained.
But during the match with Italy, the perfect conditions presented itself and out of the blues, Suarez bit Chiellini. Out of the blues for those who saw it but not out of character for Suarez. It's in him.
What Luis suarez needs is, yes a lengthy ban from the sport to deter anyone else who thinks FIFA don't know what is it doing and a mandatory In-patient Psychological Evaluation and Rehabilitation.
Anything short of this will mean the world will certainly loss the talent that is Luis Suarez, as he is bound to do it again provided the right conditions present itself. And in football, they always will.
In fact the bite was so predictable that some 100 or so gamblers who placed a bet that Suarez would bit someone or do something stupid before the world cup was over were paid out after the incident. See that Here
The fight went down as one of the most bizarre fights in boxing history. Tyson was disqualified from the match and lost his boxing license, though it was later reinstated.
Suarez on the other hand began his biting career when he was playing for Ajax in Holland. In November 2010, Luis Suarez then captain of the Ajax football team accepted a seven-match ban for biting the shoulder of PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkai in their 0-0 league draw.
In April 2013, Suarez again sank his teeth into the body of Chelsea defender Ivanovic in an EPL match which Liverpool. There he was given a 10 match ban.
And on June 24, 2014 in football biggest stage, The World Cup, he completed his Hat trick of bites, sinking his teeth once again into his favourite body spot, the shoulder of Italian defender Chiellini. FIFA is yet to impose a ban which many are claiming shouldn't be anything less than the maximum approved for sure disciplinary act - 24 months or 2 years. Though this is unprecedented in all of World Cup history.
What however is not known is, if the ban will cover only international matches or domestic league matches as well. The issue about whether Suarez will be ban or not shouldn't even come up, as he will be ban. There are enough video and picture evidences to prove he indeed sank his teeth into Chiellini shoulder. The major evident is his teeth marks on the defender's shoulder.
What may likely be causing Luis to react this way when he is under intense stress?
In the first incident, he bit Otman when he could not find the net as the match drifted to a scoreless draw.
In the second incident, he had just given away a penalty to Chelsea and Chelsea were running away with a victory and in the current incident, the match with Italy was balanced at 0-0 just before his team scored. So it obvious, stress brings out this part of him.
It is a FIXATION.
Fixation is a concept originated by Sigmund Freud to denote the persistence of anachronistic sexual traits.
Subsequently, "'Fixation' acquired a broader connotation.
"A strong attachment to a person or thing, especially such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in immature or neurotic behaviour that persists throughout life"
This was Luis Suarez's defense of the previous two incidents.
"Explaining the more recent incident in an interview with Sports Illustrated earlier this month, he claimed that “it was a matter of frustration in the heat of the play … you react in a fraction of a second. Something that may not seem like a big deal suddenly is and you aren’t conscious of your reaction or the repercussions.” Well said.
As a child while growing up, when we were offended by other kids, we would either hold their necks for boys or bite them as girls. These traits can be seen more clearly as we grew up.
When most ladies are confronted with a situation where they have to defend themselves, the first thing they go with is their teeth. They hold any parts of the person to inflict the best possible pain.
When guys are confronted in a fight, they either push off their opponent or grab them by their shirt or throat. It’s something we learnt as kids. It's both our defense and attacking mechanism. It’s the front we put forward to let the other party think we are not afraid to engage in a confrontation. It's also what we do to make the other person become afraid of us.
The sad thing about this however is, as we grow older we seem to lose control of when this character flaws can show up. And because it's a fixation, it will show up sooner or later. It just requires the right conditions. And for Suarez, its when he is been frustrated in the football field.
After the second incident with Ivanovic, Suarez underwent some psychological evaluation and counselling but as long as the right conditions were never present, he was bound not to exhibit this character. As long as Liverpool did well in the League after his reinstatement, it was contained.
But during the match with Italy, the perfect conditions presented itself and out of the blues, Suarez bit Chiellini. Out of the blues for those who saw it but not out of character for Suarez. It's in him.
What Luis suarez needs is, yes a lengthy ban from the sport to deter anyone else who thinks FIFA don't know what is it doing and a mandatory In-patient Psychological Evaluation and Rehabilitation.
Anything short of this will mean the world will certainly loss the talent that is Luis Suarez, as he is bound to do it again provided the right conditions present itself. And in football, they always will.
In fact the bite was so predictable that some 100 or so gamblers who placed a bet that Suarez would bit someone or do something stupid before the world cup was over were paid out after the incident. See that Here
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