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Italy 0-1 Uruguay

24 June 2014 20:58 (UTC +04:00)

Liverpool striker Suarez appeared to bite Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini one minute before Diego Godin scored Uruguay's winner.

Earlier in the game, Italy midfielder Claudio Marchisio was sent off for a studs-up challenge on Egidio Arevalo.

Uruguay will now play either Colombia or Uruguay at the Maracana on Saturday in the last 16 of the World Cup, but controversy is likely to rumble on.

Italy left the field furious at the manner of their defeat but having to come to terms with a second World Cup in which they have failed to get beyond the group stages - the first time that has happened to the Azzurri since 1966.

It means they have failed to progress to the knock-out stages since winning the World Cup for a fourth time in 2006, and much of the focus will now turn on Italian coach Cesare Prandelli, who said before the game it was "the most important match of my professional career".

This was a tense and turgid contest that was bad-tempered both on the field and the touchline.

On a number of occasions the officials had to step between the two benches, the referee's whistle interrupted play constantly and the players spent as much time on the turf as they did running with the ball at their feet.