Striker Luis Suarez was his usual, tricky self in Uruguay's must-win clash with Italy, forcing goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon into a fine save from this powerful shot in the second half. 
But the game will be remembered for Suarez's clash with defender Giorgio Chiellini, who claimed he had been bitten by the Uruguay striker. 
Players from both sides react after the incident. Chiellini later told Rai TV: "It was ridiculous not to send Suarez off. It is clear." 
Chiellini attempts to show the referee the mark left by Suarez's alleged bite. 
- Luis Suarez was seen to apparently bite opponent in key World Cup game
- The incident occurred during Uruguay's 1-0 win over Italy
- Suarez has twice been punished for biting opponents during his career
- Football psychologist Dan Abrahams sympathizes with the soccer star
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(CNN) -- He's football's chief sinner, and Luis Suarez's alleged attempt to bite Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder in a key World Cup game has prompted an outpouring of indignation from the game's global congregation.
While many sought to condemn a man who is embroiled in the third biting controversy of his career, some observers felt compassion for the under-fire star.
"I actually feel sympathy for him," said Dan Abrahams, football psychology expert and author of "Soccer Brain."
"He's one of the world's best players and he obviously has a problem," he told CNN.
"That problem comes up at the wrong time, in the wrong place and he has to learn how to manage it, but that's tough to do."
Suarez has incisor history on the football pitch.
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Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, who plays his club football with Liverpool, has been accused of biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match on Tuesday, June 24. Suarez has already been banned twice in his career for biting. 
Television pictures showed Suarez dipping his head towards Chiellini, right, and when the Italian defender eventually got up, he pulled down his shirt and appeared to furiously indicate that he had been bitten on the shoulder. 
"I just collided with his shoulder. They are just casual incidences that occur during a soccer game," Suarez told reporters. 
Suarez holds his mouth as Chiellini sits in the background. Suarez will now face a nervous wait to find out if football's world governing body FIFA will take action retrospectively -- given it was missed by the match officials -- and punish him. 
Chiellini shows an apparent bite mark on his shoulder. "Suarez is a sneak, and he gets away with it because FIFA want their stars to play in the World Cup," Chiellini told Sky Sports Italia. 
Suarez, left, celebrates the 1-0 win against Italy with his teammate Walter Gargano in the tunnel after the controversial match at Estadio das Dunas. 
Suarez, fourth from left, heads the ball for teammate Daniel Sturridge to score his team's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Newcastle United on May 11. 
Suarez, left, was banned for 10 games in April 2013 after being found guilty of biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during a English Premier League soccer match. 
Ivanovic demonstrates the bite he received from Suarez to a referee. 
After his move to Liverpool in 2011, Suarez, left, was found guilty of racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra and was fined $63,000 and banned for eight matches. 
During his time in the Netherlands with Ajax in 2011, Suarez was banned for seven games after leaving a scar on the collarbone of Amsterdam player Otman Bakkal. 
Suarez celebrates a goal during a match between Utrecht and Groningen at Utrecht, Netherlands, in 2007. 
Controversial striker Luis Suarez 
Luis Suarez received a ten-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic in 2013. 
Manchester United captain and beserker Roy Keane broke Alf-Inge Haaland's leg in a gruesome tackle in 'retaliation' for a perceived slight. 
Spain's Andoni Goikoetxea once broke Diego Maradona's ankle, and reportedly kept the boot that did it in a display case at home. 
Wimbledon's hard man Vinnie Jones terrorized opposition teams during his reign as leader of the "Crazy Gang." 
In one of the World Cup's most enduring images, Zizou resigns himself to an early bath after headbutting Marco Materazzi in the 2006 final. 
Eric Cantona accepted a ban in 1995 after kung-fu kicking a Crystal Palace fan who was verbally abusing him. Six of the worst: Players who caused a stir When playing with Dutch club Ajax in 2007 he was suspended for seven games for biting an opponent, while he was hit with a 10-match sanction for an identical offense while playing for Liverpool in April 2013.
His short fuse, according to Abrahams, is part of a negative response to frustration which he has likely been dealing with for most of his life.
This is a player who at the age of 16 was given a red card for headbutting a referee.
"It's an instinctive response to frustration," explained Abrahams.
"Rationally, it's something that you would think that he could manage and deal with, but that's not how we work as human beings. It's something that he has to deal with and manage for the rest of his playing days."
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â€" CNN Football Club (@CNNFC) June 24, 2014One criticism of Suarez is that his past indiscretions suggest he might be irredeemably unreformable.
His misdemeanor in Natal the latest in a long line of unsavory incidents which includes serving an eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra in 2011.
But Abrahams insists it's too simplistic to say Suarez is a millionaire sports star who should know better.
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Luis Suarez is back in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. The Uruguay striker faces a FIFA investigation after appearing to bite Italian Giorgio Chiellini during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. 
Suarez is not the first player to behave badly at Brazil 2014. Portugal's Pepe literally sees red when he headbutts Germany's Thomas Mueller in a Group G match. 
In the 2002 World Cup final, French superstar Zinedine Zidane was sent off for headbutting Italy's Marco Materazzi. Remarkably, Zidane still won the Golden Ball for the World Cup's best player. 
The 1982 semifinal between West Germany and France is remembered for stomach-turning scenes when German keeper Harald Schumacher (R) came out of his goal, ignored the ball and body slammed Patrick Battiston (L), who left the field on a stretcher. 
In the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal between Argentina and England, mercurial Argentine star Diego Maradona opened the scoring with his legendary "Hand of God" goal. He then scored a second -- widely viewed as one of the greatest ever World Cup goals -- guiding Argentina to a 2-1 win. 
Eight years later the Argentine was kicked out of the competition after testing positive for banned stimulant ephedrine. 
A hair-raising moment in the 1990 World Cup when Frank Rijkaard (L) twice spat in German Rudi Voller's hair. Both men were sent off in a bubbling encounter fueled by a historically fierce rivalry between the Netherlands and West Germany. 
Rivaldo showed off his acting skills at the 2002 World Cup when he went down, pretending he'd been hit in the face by the ball. His melodramatics succeeded in getting Turkey's Hakan Unsal sent off. World Cup scandal! Footballers behaving badly 
Belgium defender Jan Vertonghen celebrates after scoring during a World Cup match against South Korea on Thursday, June 26, at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Click through the gallery to see all the goals scored so far in the World Cup, which is being held in 12 cities across Brazil. 
Algeria forward Islam Slimani, right, heads the ball to score a goal past Russia's goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev during a World Cup match at the Baixada Arena in Curitiba, Brazil. 
Russia forward Alexander Kokorin, center, scores his team's first goal past Algeria's goalkeeper Rais Mbohli, in blue. 
Portugal's forward and captain Cristiano Ronaldo scores during the match against Ghana on Thursday, June 26. Portugal won 2-1. 
Ghana's Asamoah Gyan heads the ball to score a goal against Portugal during a World Cup game in Brasilia, Brazil, on June 26. 
Thomas Mueller of Germany shoots and scores a goal against the United States in Recife, Brazil, on June 26. Germany won the match 1-0. 
Ghana defender John Boye, center, hits the ball to score an own-goal as Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho, right, watches on and Ghana goalkeeper Fatau Dauda tries to defend on June 26. 
Switzerland midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, third from left, celebrates with forward Josip Drmic next to Honduras' goalkeeper Noel Valladares after scoring his team's third goal against Honduras in Manaus, Brazil, on Wednesday, June 25. Switzerland won 3-0. 
Shaqiri celebrates with forward Drmic, back, after scoring his team's second goal against Honduras. 
Shaqiri celebrates scoring his team's first goal against Honduras. 
Avdija Vrsajevic of Bosnia-Herzegovina shoots and scores his team's third goal past goalkeeper Alireza Haghighi of Iran during a match in Salvador, Brazil, on June 25. Bosnia-Herzegovina won 3-1. 
Iran forward Reza Ghoochannejhad, right, kicks to score his team's first goal past Bosnia-Herzegovina goalkeeper Asmir Begovic as Bosnia-Herzegovina defender Toni Sunjic runs during the match. 
Bosnia-Herzegovina forward Edin Dzeko, front right, celebrates with teammates after Bosnia-Herzegovina midfielder Miralem Pjanic (not seen) scored his team's second goal. Haghighi, picks up the ball 
Argentina defender Marcos Rojo celebrates his team's third goal against Nigeria in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on June 25. Argentina won 3-2. 
Nigeria forward Ahmed Musa celebrates scoring his team's second goal against Argentina. 
Argentina forward Lionel Messi scores his team's second goal against Nigeria. 
Bosnia-Herzegovina forward Edin Dzeko, left, celebrates scoring his team's first goal against Iran. 
Musa, right, celebrates his goal with Nigeria defender Joseph Yobo during a match against Argentina. 
Messi, left, celebrates with his teammate Angel Di Maria, after scoring his team's first goal against Nigeria. 
Giorgos Samaras of Greece celebrates scoring his team's second goal on a penalty kick against the Ivory Coast on Tuesday, June 24, in Fortaleza, Brazil. Greece won 2-1. 
James Rodriguez of Colombia shoots and scores his team's fourth goal against Japan on June 24 in Cuiaba, Brazil. Colombia won 4-1. 
Jackson Martinez of Colombia, right, celebrates with his teammate Rodriguez after scoring his team's third goal against Japan. 
Ivory Coast's Wilfried Bony, second from left, celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against Greece. 
Jackson Martinez of Colombia shoots and scores his team's second goal against Japan. 
Colombia's goalkeeper David Ospina lies on the ground after Japan's Shinji Okazaki (not pictured) scored his team's first goal. 
Andreas Samaris of Greece scores against the Ivory Coast. 
Colombia's Juan Guillermo Cuadrado scores a penalty during the match against Japan. 
Uruguay's Diego Godin, second right, scores against Italy on June 24 in Natal, Brazil. Uruguay won 1-0. 
Goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa of Mexico fails to stop Croatian midfielder Ivan Perisic from scoring on Monday, June 23, in Recife, Brazil. Mexico won 3-1. 
Fernandinho of Brazil, right, celebrates with his teammate Ramires after scoring his team's fourth and final goal against Cameroon on June 23 in Brasilia. Brazil won 4-1. 
Mexico's Javier Hernandez celebrates after scoring his team's third goal against Croatia. 
Andres Guardado of Mexico, center, celebrates after scoring the second goal against Croatia. 
Mexico's Rafael Marquez, center, heads the ball to score his team's first goal against Croatia. 
Fred of Brazil scores his team's third goal on a header past Charles Itandje of Cameroon. 
Brazil forward Neymar, left, celebrates with his teammate Dani Alves after scoring Brazil's second goal against Cameroon. 
Cameroon midfielder Joel Matip, right, celebrates with Allan Nyom and Vincent Aboubakar after scoring a goal against Brazil. 
Brazil forward Neymar, right, scores Brazil's first goal past Cameroon goalkeeper Charles Itandje. 
Memphis Depay of the Netherlands scores his team's second goal past Chile's goalkeeper Claudio Bravo in Sao Paulo on June 23. Netherlands won 2-0. 
Juan Mata scores the third goal for Spain past Mathew Ryan of Australia at Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil, on June 23. Spain defeated Australia 3-0, but neither team will advance to the next round. 
Netherlands midfielder Leroy Fer celebrates scoring the team's first goal against Chile. 
Spain's Fernando Torres scores his team's second goal past Australian Mathew Ryan. 
David Villa of Spain scores his team's first goal past Mathew Ryan of Australia. 
Portugal forward Silvestre Varela gets up after scoring his team's dramatic second goal in the last moments against the United States at Arena Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, on Sunday, June 22. The final result was a 2-2 draw. 
Clint Dempsey, left, of the United States celebrates scoring his team's second and go-ahead goal against Portugal. 
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