Luis Suarez: An infamous tale of one's own enemy

Uruguay striker Luis Suarez demeans his stature again

Well the social media has gone abuzz with all the Suarez memes, the jokes about his infamy and how his biting incident has again been repeated. Already he has been banned for a sum total of 17 games at different stages of his career, surely no one expected him to bite again! And that too at a World Cup where the entire world was watching. The twitterati went berserk and everyone had an opinion from Evander Holyfield (the boxer who knows how it feels to be bitten) to well just everyone.

It’s like he is an anti-hero in his own little novel – one moment he is the epitome of greatness producing a masterclass in finishing (reference point England) and the next moment pure madness (reference point Italy game). In the midst of all this biting incident, let’s not forget at the end of the day it was a poor Italian performance and an excellent header from Diego Godin- captain for the day who won the match for Uruguay.

Much of the gloss has been taken away from a fine performance albeit the referee’s position being questioned once again, especially given that he sent of Marchisio, but in hindsight the challenge seemed a bit way over the top and the referee was within the laws of the game to actually send him off.

But yes let us get back to Suarez. What a man, what a game. While the Uruguayan FA believes that their star man is being targeted and Oscar Tabarez, the Uruguayan coach has defended him vehemently even going to the extent of accusing the media of targeting him. Well, the evidence is pretty damning to see the least and all jokes aside, it is a serious issue that has to be addressed by FIFA.

Will clubs shy away from Suarez after his disgraceful act?

In the 2010 World Cup, he was well within the laws of the game when he handballed a sure shot goal to give his team a lifeline but biting out is something one never expects of a sportsman of his standard. Sports psychologists are offering explanations as to his background and the competitive nature but let’s be reasonable, there is no one to blame but himself.

It will be sad to see Luis Suarez’s imminent but accepted departure from the World Cup 2014, but then it was him who has brought this upon himself. Like the saying goes : “Happiness is derived from one’s own actions” the same adage goes for “One’s responsible one’s own actions”....so maybe, maybe not, it will be good for the World Cup.

Being a Liverpool fan, it is never pleasing to see one of the best players in the team get vilified. People will say he deserves it but try explaining that to a Liverpool fan who know that he was one of the main players instrumental in this season’s title challenge. On the bright side though, it seems all top European clubs will shy away from such a personality, and he will continue to play and perform for Liverpool in the same manner as he has done this season all along. The English media are after all making a killing with Suarez being one if their headline generators week in week out.

Alex Ferguson handled Eric Cantona another maverick by putting an arm on his shoulder after the kung-fu incident and saying : “You don’t go about doing that son” which only inspired Cantona to further greatness and in the process cementing his status as a legend among the Manchester United fans. It will be interesting to see how Brendan Rodgers handles Suarez as well. There is no doubt about his ability and there is no Liverpool fan out there who would want to see the back of him especially after such a phenomenal season. Greatness comes at a price and the main question is how much are Liverpool ready to pay for it.