Luis Suarez is Banned Until October in FIFA '15, Too
By Mike Cardillo
Luis Suarez bit somebody during a soccer game … again. This time it happened in front of the entire globe when the Uruguayan striker decided to chomp on the shoulder of Giorgio Chiellini during the World Cup in June. Suarez picked up a four-month suspension but still managed to force his way to FC Barcelona away from Liverpool for a deal worth over $100 million.
EA Sports released FIFA 15 on Tuesday in North America and took the company’s longstanding “in the game” slogan quite literally when applied to Suarez. The striker is unavailable in career mode until Oct. 26 in the game. Suarez’s real-life ban ends Oct. 24, coincidentally a day before Barcelona plays Real Madrid in La Liga.
Suarez is also unavailable in FIFA’s quite popular (and pocket-lining for EA) Ultimate Team mode until Oct. 26.
@dommquinn Hi Dom. When players like Luis Suarez are banned from football, they are unavailable in FIFA 15 FUT until the ban lifts.
— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) September 24, 2014
Digital Barcelona will probably get along well enough with Neymar and Lionel Messi leading the attack. You can also still use Suarez in friendlies, but he’s stashed away among the Barcelona reserves.
[Via the Independent]