By now, you would have heard what happened during this morning’s FIFA World Cup Group D’s match between Italy and Uruguay which was essentially a very crucial match for both teams since it was their pathway to the next round of the tournament. Uruguay eventually won the match by a narrow margin of 1 – 0 but the team’s victory appears to have been eclipsed by Luis Suarez’s biting incident.
Obviously, the incident opened a floodgate of reactions from football fans throughout the world especially through social media right after it happened.
According to Mirror Online, Suarez has received millions of mentions on Twitter alone since the incident happened. As a comparison, his mention count on Twitter prior to the match was around 100,000. Although it wasn’t clear how Mirror Online managed to obtain the figures but you are able to see these mentions just by using #Suarez as the keyword to search on Twitter.
Naturally, among these tweets are comments from football stars and pundits who majority of them criticized or ridiculed what Suarez has done to the Italian defender, Giorgio Chiellini.
Tell me I’m seeing things. Surely Suarez didn’t bite someone again?
— michael owen (@themichaelowen) June 24, 2014
Surely that wasn’t a bite??? It can’t have been…could it ?? #suarez
— Michael Carrick (@carras16) June 24, 2014
After such a behavior #suarez only deserve to stay @LFC #worldcup2014 #cannibal #tysonfan #angermanagement
— Mikael Silvestre (@IamMSilvestre) June 24, 2014
Does Suarez not eat before games?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 24, 2014
Suarez is an absolute disgrace sorry. Biting players is gross and against everything about the game. Talent for sure but no thanks. #URU
— Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) June 24, 2014
Still can’t believe what I’ve seen again from Suarez…needs an ENORMOUS ban from football. THIRD time now!
— bradley h friedel (@friedel_b) June 24, 2014
Not surprisingly, quite a number of big brands were on board to take advantage of the biting incident. Some examples below from McDonald’s Uruguay, Snickers, Nando’s UK, and Trident Gum:
Hola @luis16suarez, si te quedaste con hambre vení a darle un mordisco a una BigMac 😉
— McDonald’s Uruguay (@McDonalds_Uy) June 24, 2014
(which roughly translates to Hi, Luis Suarez. If you are still hungry, come take a bite out of a Big Mac.)
Hey @luis16suarez. Next time you’re hungry just grab a Snickers. #worldcup #luissuarez #EatASNICKERS pic.twitter.com/3RAO537HjW — SNICKERS® (@SNICKERS) June 24, 2014
Hey @luis16suarez, if you’re that hungry, why not get your teeth stuck into something really tasty? pic.twitter.com/TPrPoC6ljt
— Nando’s (@NandosUK) June 24, 2014
Chew Trident. Not soccer players. #ITAvsURU — Trident Gum (@tridentgum) June 24, 2014
Even local burger joint myBurgerlab was in for the fun as well on its Facebook page:
Of course, let’s not forget the memes that followed:
Suarez next season #suarez #biting pic.twitter.com/YF6CwOe8OC
— Martyn Jones (@JonesMartyn) June 24, 2014
Team Edward? Team Jacob? nah… TEAM SUAREZ. #SNPhotoGame pic.twitter.com/wuXcqJ7RC9
— SportsNation (@SportsNation) June 24, 2014
RT @redrobbery All the proof I need. pic.twitter.com/sFHkFOelY2
— Back Page Football (@bpfootball) June 24, 2014
If Suarez does play the next game for #URU, safety precautions will have to be taken. pic.twitter.com/L6xL6h38t1
— KICKTV (@KICKTV) June 24, 2014
CONGRATULATIONS: Luis Suarez retains the award for the second successive year. pic.twitter.com/5W0XuJXy9c
— BenchWarmers (@BenchWarmersCOM) June 24, 2014
Just when you thought it was safe to play Uruguay! #suarez #worldcup pic.twitter.com/gGv2boPaxV
— Unnamed Insider (@Unnamedinsider) June 24, 2014
Social and viral commentaries aside, FIFA has since officially opened a disciplinary proceedings against Luis Suarez in relation to the incident. So, let’s see how that will work out for him and the Uruguay’s World Cup campaign.
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LoL
b4 the match started, i already know italy will lose when i see that the referee was mexican….that’s y suarez escape punishment…really unfair cos it would turn the tide of the match…i feel pity on italy…
according to this comments, I am pretty sure you didn’t watch the match at all.
Yes, referee played some crucial factor, like sending Machisio out but Italy held it for 30 mins until Uruguay scored. The biting wise, live replay did not show enough angle tho. (At least for me it’s more a head-butt than bite, but given by Suarez’s reputation, it is no doubt tho)
ITALY played so poorly even the commentator is complaining.
dun “pretty sure” anything cos you dunno me..i watched & it was a boring match, until the last 20-30 minutes…Italy played poorly or not, still it was unfair…
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It’s just WOOOOW!!! XD
hahahaha…felt sorry for italy,i still remember the World Cup 2006 finals in Germany where they beated French 5-3 (penalty) after a 1-1 draw where there were an accident involving Zinedine Zidane accuse of headbutting Marco Materazzi and he was given a red card during extra time. At that time if we saw the footage we can see that the italian pretend to be hurt a lot when actually Zidane headbutt is not that hard but to actually sent off a star player and winning the cup meant a success for them. And know karma is biting them in form of Luis Suarez, and for me they deserved it.
Luis Suárez suspended for nine matches and banned for four months from any football-related activity by FIFA…serve him right…wonder who said he’s more headbutt than biting? 1st time heard headbutt use mouth
At least some 167 people actually benefited from this. LOL! my goodness.
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