FIFA bans four Uruguay players for World Cup chaos

Zurich, January 27 (BNA): Uruguay’s Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Jimenez were each handed four-match bans by FIFA on Friday, while Diego Godin and Edinson Cavani were each given one match ban after confronting the referee following their World Cup match. Ghana.

FIFA has launched proceedings against players who infuriated the referee after they were knocked out of the tournament in Qatar, despite beating Ghana 2-0 in their last group match on December 2.

In Group H, Uruguay had one foot in the last 16 before South Korea scored in stoppage time to beat Portugal 2-1 and advance thanks to scoring one more goal than the South Americans in their three matches.

German referee Daniel Seibert decided not to count penalties against Darwin Nunez in the first half and Cavani in the last minutes, as striker Luis Suarez said after the match that FIFA was “against Uruguay”.

The players will also have to provide football-related community services, and will pay fines of up to 20,000 Swiss francs ($21,701).

FIFA said the Uruguayan federation was also fined 50,000 Swiss francs for the behavior of its fans and team members. Uruguay has also been ordered to partially close its stadium to play a FIFA International A match as host.

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