<p>Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini has said the ban Fifa handed down to Luis Suarez is 'excessive' and that he feels no anger towards the controversial Uruguay striker. <br /><br />Suarez was given longest sanction imposed at a World Cup by soccer's governing body on Thursday, suspended from all football-related activity for four months and banned for nine international matches for biting Chiellini in their final Group D match in Natal on Tuesday.<br /><br />Suarez will miss the first two months of Liverpool's Premier League and Champions League campaigns, and may not appear for his country in a non-friendly match again until 2016.<br /><br />"Now inside me there's no feelings of joy, revenge or anger against Suarez for an incident that happened on the pitch and that's done," Juventus centre back Chiellini said in a statement on his website (giorgiochiellini.com).</p>.<p>"There only remain the anger and the disappointment about the match. <br /><br />"At the moment my only thought is for Luis and his family, because they will face a very difficult period. <br /><br />"I have always considered unequivocal the disciplinary interventions by the competent bodies, but at the same time I believe that the proposed formula is excessive. <br /><br />"I sincerely hope that he will be allowed, at least, to stay close to his team mates during the games because such a ban is really alienating for a player."<br /><br />Uruguay won the match 1-0 and advanced to meet Colombia in a round of 16 tie on Saturday, but Suarez, 27, will miss the contest and the rest of the tournament after his ban. <br /><br />The defeat meant Italy missed out on the knock-out stage. <br /><br />Fifa also fined Suarez 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000) after 10 hours of deliberations by its disciplinary committee.<br /> </p>
<p>Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini has said the ban Fifa handed down to Luis Suarez is 'excessive' and that he feels no anger towards the controversial Uruguay striker. <br /><br />Suarez was given longest sanction imposed at a World Cup by soccer's governing body on Thursday, suspended from all football-related activity for four months and banned for nine international matches for biting Chiellini in their final Group D match in Natal on Tuesday.<br /><br />Suarez will miss the first two months of Liverpool's Premier League and Champions League campaigns, and may not appear for his country in a non-friendly match again until 2016.<br /><br />"Now inside me there's no feelings of joy, revenge or anger against Suarez for an incident that happened on the pitch and that's done," Juventus centre back Chiellini said in a statement on his website (giorgiochiellini.com).</p>.<p>"There only remain the anger and the disappointment about the match. <br /><br />"At the moment my only thought is for Luis and his family, because they will face a very difficult period. <br /><br />"I have always considered unequivocal the disciplinary interventions by the competent bodies, but at the same time I believe that the proposed formula is excessive. <br /><br />"I sincerely hope that he will be allowed, at least, to stay close to his team mates during the games because such a ban is really alienating for a player."<br /><br />Uruguay won the match 1-0 and advanced to meet Colombia in a round of 16 tie on Saturday, but Suarez, 27, will miss the contest and the rest of the tournament after his ban. <br /><br />The defeat meant Italy missed out on the knock-out stage. <br /><br />Fifa also fined Suarez 100,000 Swiss francs ($112,000) after 10 hours of deliberations by its disciplinary committee.<br /> </p>