This was the first chance that the world had to sink their teeth into a bit of Luis Suarez-related controversy. Pun intended. The World Cup in South Africa was the first ever African-hosted tournament and Ghana were the sole representative by the quarter-final stage. They took on Uruguay in the last eight and heading into the final minute the scores were level at 1-1. But then Dominic Adiyiah headed goalwards and Suarez palmed the ball away from the goal line. A penalty was awarded but Asamoah Gyans spot-kick hit the crossbar, to the delight of Suarez, and the African nation were eventually eliminated. A whole continent, let alone nation, was enraged but the Liverpool striker said that he would have done it again given the opportunity. He also admitted that he would have done it to eliminate England this summer. That match passed relatively incident free. However, he did bite a chunk out of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in his next match
