Football: Uruguay lash out at FIFA vice-president

Claim the official’s criticism of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was ‘unacceptable’.

MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay lashed out at Fifa Vice-President Jim Boyce, claiming the official’s criticism of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, who is at the centre of a diving storm, was ‘unacceptable’. Boyce was reported to have described Suarez’s theatrical tumble against Stoke in the Premier League as a ‘cancer’ in the game. But the Uruguay Football Association (UFA) have written to Fifa President Sepp Blatter, claiming that Suarez has been unfairly singled out by Boyce. “We understand that this kind of statement, coming from a person who holds the position of vice-president of Fifa, with specific reference to a football player and linking their actions to a disease that is a scourge on humanity, is at odds with the guiding principles of world football,” said the letter.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 13^th, 2012.