Cavani and his teammates were suspended after they confronted the referee following their 2022 FIFA World Cup loss to the Black Stars of Ghana
By Kehinde Okeowo
The world football governing body, FIFA on Friday hit four Uruguayan players with bans following their misdemeanours during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Those involved are former Atletico Madrid defender, Diego Godin and ex-Manchester United attacker, Edinson Cavani, who were suspended for a game each after they confronted the referee following their loss to the Black Stars of Ghana in Qatar.
Also suspended are Uruguay goalkeeper, Fernando Muslera and Jose Maria Gimenez, who were equally given four-match bans for their roles.
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FIFA launched proceedings against the four players who angrily harangued the referee after crashing out of the tournament in Qatar, despite beating Ghana 2-0 in their final group fixture on December 2.
In the Group H deciders, Uruguay had one foot in the round of 16 before South Korea scored in stoppage time to beat Portugal 2-1 and qualified by virtue of scoring one goal more than the South Americans over their three matches.
Germany referee, Daniel Siebert, opted not to award penalties for tackles on Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez in the first half and Cavani in the closing stage of the match, with former Barcelona star, Luis Suarez saying after the clash that FIFA was “against Uruguay”.
The four players will also have to carry out football-related community service and will pay fines of up to 20,000 Swiss francs ($21,701).
FIFA also ordered Uruguay to partially close their stadium for their next FIFA “A” international match as hosts.