Haters target the wrong Suarez on Twitter following World Cup outrage over Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez’s alleged biting
AN Argentinian man with the Twitter handle @Suarez has issued a desperate plea to be left alone after outraged World Cup fans mistook him for Uruguayan villain Luis Suarez.
AN unfortunate Argentinian man with the same last name as accused World Cup biter Luis Suarez has pleaded for an end to a deluge of online abuse directed at him.
“Please stop,” Argentine Diego Suarez urged after being mistaken for the Uruguay and Liverpool striker on his Twitter handle @Suarez.
“I am not Uruguayan, I am not Luis Suarez,” he said.
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“There are many Suarez’s in the world, I am not Luis Suarez. Please.”
He added in block capitals — and in English: “Please stop. I am not Uruguayan.”
PLEASE STOP I AM NOT URUGUAYAN, I AM NOT LUIS SUÃREZ, I DONT SAY «ENTRECOT», I SAY «BIFE DE CHORIZO»
— Diego Suarez (@Suarez) June 25, 2014 Sub-type: comment CAPTION: PLEASE STOP I AM NOT URUGUAYAN, I AM NOT LUIS SUÃREZ, I DONT SAY «ENTRECOT», I SAY «BIFE DE CHORIZO»— Diego Suarez (@Suarez) June 25, 2014
Later he said: “Suarez went and bit some guy again and I’ve been deluged with (online) mentions through til dawn.
“I used to like Twitter as it was a very relaxed medium for me where people didn’t go round insulting me.”
Some of the printable remarks made against Diego Suarez included “dirty horrid cheat” and “should be banned for life.”
The Uruguay striker is facing his third biting storm in less than four years after being accused of sinking his teeth into Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini’s shoulder.
The Uruguay forward should find out soon what punishment he will serve for the alleged incident.
“We have to resolve it either today or tomorrow,” FIFA disciplinary panel member Martin Hong said. “It’s our duty to see justice done.”