After Uruguay lost to Peru Luis Suarez spoke in the mixed zone to defend Lionel Messi, his friend and Barcelona team-mate.
“It’s incredible that for an insult they have banned him for four games, but from now they will have to look through a magnifying glass to analyse the bans,” he said.
Of Uruguay’s performance he added: “It’s the third consecutive defeat and the third time we’ve let a lead slip. We have to be self-critical and analyse many things because of the points we had and now we don’t.”
Gerard Pique also defended Messi for his four game ban for swearing at an assistant referee, saying “Leo’s sanction seems to me like a barbarity.”