Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, banned from football for four months after
biting an opponent at the World Cup, returned home to a hero's welcome
from hundreds of fans at Montevideo airport on Friday.
Hundreds of fans were waiting at Montevideo airport for Suarez who
arrived in a private jet after being ordered by FIFA to leave Uruguay's
team hotel in Brazil.
Suarez, 27, bid farewell to his team-mates on Thursday as they
prepared for Saturday's last 16 game with Colombia.
FIFA said the ban on
football activities meant he could not stay at the hotel.
Suarez will
not even be allowed in a stadium where Uruguay are playing during the
four months.
However, the Uruguayan nation has rallied behind the shamed goalscorer however. Hundreds of fans were at the airport carrying banners
with slogans such as "Luis, All Of Uruguay Is With You."
Uruguay's President Jose Mujica went to the airport intending to
greet the star striker, but left because Suarez's flight was delayed. Suarez was whisked away to his mother's home in the southern, province of Canelones.
Source: AFP
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