Uruguay national team coach, Oscar Tabarez has announced his resignation as a FIFA committee member following the ban of one of his team players, Luis Suarez few days back. Tabarez who walked out of a press conference at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Friday said the Uruguayan player was being made a scapegoat.

In his 15-min pre-match speech, Tabarez blamed the English press for mounting pressure on the FIFA disciplinary panel to punish Suarez. ” The decision was much more focused on the opinions of the media, and that media attacked immediately at the conclusion of the match. I don’t know what their nationality was, but they all spoke English.”It is not wise, at least it is not prudent to be in an organization with people who exerted pressure in order to promote this decision. They have “values that are very different from those that I believe I have.” He added.

The 67 year-old continued, “Who wins, who loses? Who benefits, who is harmed? Who ended up getting things their way? We never thought or expected what we found out when we were told about the details of the punishment — of an excessive severity.”