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World Cup story/ "Vampire" Suarez bites again, Chiellini victim: 167 bets after that gesture
2026-06-09 00:03:36 / SPORT
Although his nickname is "El Pistolero", the Uruguayan striker was actually known by many as "The Vampire", given that between his Dutch adventure (with an Ajax shirt, he bit his PSV rival, Otman Bakal) and his English one (with a Liverpool shirt, he bit Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic), he had committed this gesture twice (in Uruguay they talk about eight cases), but in the Brazilian World Cup, Giorgio Chiellini would be the next victim.
In the 79th minute of the match, Luis Suarez's "thirst" to put his teeth to work was shifted to the Italian defender. The game was stopped and everyone in the Italian area was waiting for the execution of the penalty kick by Uruguay, with the match tied 0-0, while Suarez (at that time playing for Liverpool) jumped into action and everyone was surprised to see Giorgio Chiellini lying on the ground.
A few seconds later, everything became clear, because Suarez touched his teeth with his mouth open, showing signs of pain, while the Italian moved his shirt and showed his shoulder to the referee, where bite marks remained on his body.
But surprisingly, Luis Suarez, not only was not sent off, but was not even given a yellow card, while Italy, left with 10 men, after Marchisio's red card, was punished in the 81st minute by Godin's goal. However, if Mexican referee Rodriguez escaped this latest bite from Luis Suarez, it could not escape FIFA, which decided to make an example of the Uruguayan: 4 months of club ban (he had just signed for Barcelona) and 9 matches with his national team.
Bookmakers – Recognizing the Uruguayan's "habit", betting companies quoted odds of 175 on the possibility of biting Luis Suarez, a gesture that made 167 bettors happy around the world. The luckiest was Norwegian Richard Helmersen, who placed a bet of just 4 euros and was ultimately rewarded with 700 euros.
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