Fifa investigate after Uruguay striker Luis Suarez bites Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder in clash with him at the end of Tuesday's 1-0 win against Italy in Natal Fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against Uruguay striker Luis Suarez after he appeared to bite Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during their sides' World Cup match in Natal on Tuesday. Suarez is likely to face a lengthy ban that would keep him out of the rest of the World Cup - however far his country Uruguay progress - if he is found guilty. The 27-year-old left teeth-marks on Chiellini's shoulder after clashing with him at the end of Uruguay's 1-0 win in Natal - where Fifa president Sepp Blatter was in attendance - that saw the South Americans qualify for the last 16. Although the incident was missed by the match referee Fifa's disciplinary committee has taken retrospective action and Suarez could be facing a lengthy ban that would keep him out of the last-16 match against Colombia and beyond should Uruguay progress. Uruguay and Suarez have until 5pm local time (9pm BST) on Wednesday to provide evidence. A statement on Fifa's website said: "Fifa can confirm that disciplinary proceedings have been opened against the player Luis Suarez of Uruguay following an apparent breach of art. 48 and/or art. 57 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code during the 2014 Fifa World Cup Brazil match Italy-Uruguay played on 24 June 2014. "The player and/or the Uruguayan FA are invited to provide with their position and any documentary evidence they deem relevant until 25 June 2014, 5pm, Brasilia time. "According to art. 77 lit. a of the Fifa Disciplinary Code (FDC), the FIFA Disciplinary Committee is responsible for sanctioning serious infringements which have escaped the match officials' attention. "Furthermore, according to art. 96 of the FDC, any type of proof may be produced (par. 1), in particular are admissible, reports from referees, declarations from the parties and witnesses, material evidence, audio or video recordings (par. 3)." Fifa's disciplinary code sets a maximum ban of 24 matches or two years, but the longest ban in World Cup history was eight games for Italy's Mauro Tassotti for breaking Spain's Luis Enrique's nose in 1994 with an elbow. Zinedine Zidane was given a three-match ban for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the 2006 final. Suarez has twice been banned for biting opponents - for 10 matches in 2013 for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic and in 2010 he was given a seven-game ban while playing for Ajax for biting PSV Eindhoven's Otman Bakkal. Fifa's disciplinary code allows action to be taken retrospectively via video evidence even if the incident has been seen by the referee. Article 77 of Fifa's disciplinary code states the disciplinary committee is responsible for "sanctioning serious infringements which have escaped the match officials' attention" and "rectifying obvious errors in the referee's disciplinary decisions". Suarez threw himself to the ground after the incident holding his mouth - Chiellini claimed that was a dive. Chiellini told Italian television station Rai TV: "It was ridiculous not to send Suarez off. It is clear, clear-cut. "Then there was the obvious dive afterwards because he knew very well that he did something that he shouldn't have done." Italy boss Cesare Prandelli confirmed he had seen the bite-marks. He said: "I didn't see Suarez biting him but I saw the bite-marks on his shoulder but the referee's assistants were so busy they didn't see anything. "It's a shame, it's a real shame that it turned out like this." Jim Boyce, Britain's Fifa vice-president and head of Fifa's referees committee, expressed concerns about Suarez's actions. He said: "I have watched the incident several times on television. There is no doubt Luis Suarez is a fantastic footballer but, once again, his actions have left him open to severe criticism. "Fifa must investigate the incident seriously and take whatever disciplinary action deemed necessary." After his two goals beat England on Tuesday, Suarez made reference to the criticism he had faced over his bans for biting Ivanovic and racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra. He said then: "Before the game too many people in England laughed about my attitude over the last few years. "This is a very good time for me. I want to see what they think now." luis suarez chiellini, luis suarez vs chiellini, luis suarez giorgio chiellini, luis suarez chiellini juventus, luis suarez chiellini wikipedia, luis suarez chiellini futhead, luis suarez chiellini chess, luis suarez claudio chiellini, luis suarez chiellini alabaster, luis suarez joe chiellini, luis suarez chiellini clock, luis suarez chiellini injury, luis suarez world cup, luis suarez world class, luis suarez, luis suarez bite, luis suarez racist, luis suarez real madrid, luis suarez transfer, luis suarez stats, luis suarez handball, luis suarez fifa 14, luis suarez goals

• published: 25 Jun 2014
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