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Valcke defended the punishment meted out to  Suárez, which also includes a nine-game international ban and a 100, 000 Swiss francs ￡66, 000 fine, despite the fact that it punishes Liverpool for an offence committed on international duty. The international players' union, FifPro, has questioned why Liverpool should be affected by the ban and said Fifa should have included treatment and rehabilitation as part of the sanction. "It is not Liverpool who have been punished, it is the player who has been punished, " Valcke said. "They took into account the past behaviour of Luis Suárez. They made a decision based on the evidence of what Suárez had done. "

Echoing the verdict of the disciplinary committee's chairman, Claudio Sulser, Valcke said the player had to face a hefty punishment because players were expected to set an example. "It is not just about this incident, it was seen by hundreds of millions of people, " he said. "It is not what you want your kids, the little ones who are playing football all around the world, to see when football is being played at the level of the World Cup. I applaud the decision made by the committee to sanction the player because what he did was unacceptable and that is not the image we want to give to the world. "Maradona, no stranger to controversy himself, backed Suárez, wearing a T-shirt with a message of support for the striker and said the "unjust judgment" was the verdict of an "incredible mafia". "

The Fifa sanction is shameful, they have no sensitivity towards the fans, they may as well handcuff him and throw him in Guantánamo, " said Maradona, who appeared on television wearing a T-shirt bearing the message: "Luis, we are with you. ""The sanction on Luis is a way of punishing Uruguayan clubs for asking Conmebol the South American confederation for a fairer share of money. It hurts that they have cut short the career of a lad who is a winner. It's an excessive suspension Fifa cannot talk about morals to anyone. "Chiellini also expressed his sympathy for Suárez and said in a statement on his website the punishment was excessive, adding: "At the moment my only  thought is for Luis and his family, because they will face a very difficult time. "