Luis Suarez getting professional help to stop biting opponents
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Well-known striker, Luis Suarez, admits he is getting professional help in order to control his “impulse” to bite.
He will be playing his first match for Barcelona against Real Madrid on Saturday after his ban.
The Uruguayan was banned for four months for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup in June.
Suarez’s attack on Chiellini was the third time the Uruguayan had bitten an opponent.
| Luis Suarez controversies | |
| June 2014 | Banned for four months from any football-related activity, plus nine international matches, for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini |
| April 2013 | Apologises for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic and receives a 10-game ban |
| Dec 2011 | Given eight-match suspension and fined £40,000 for racially abusing Manchester United’s Patrice Evra |
| Nov 2010 | Given seven-match ban for biting PSV Eindhoven’s Otman Bakkal on the shoulder while playing for Ajax |
| July 2010 | Handles on the line to deny Ghana a winner in the last minute of extra-time in the World Cup quarter-finals. Asamoah Gyan misses the resulting penalty and Uruguay win the shootout to reach the semi-finals |
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