the striker Fifa 14 Coins sought to brush off the incident

After Tuesday's match, the striker Fifa 14 Coins sought to brush off the incident with Mr. Chiellini. "These are situations that happen on the pitch, I hit his shoulder and that's it," Mr. Suárez told reporters.

Uruguayan team officials blamed the media for blowing the incident out of proportion.

"It seems to me there is evident animosity against this football player by some of the English press," said Uruguay manager Óscar Tabárez. He said Uruguay would defend the player from media attacks, saying this is "a World Cup of soccer, not of cheap morality."

Some of the most robust comments came from Mr. Suárez's teammate and Uruguay captain, Diego Lugano. www.proutcoins.com/fifa-14-coins "You have to be very stupid not to see that those are old scars," Mr. Lugano said.