Luis Suarez must wait to find out his punishment for his alleged bite on Italy's Giorgio Chiellini after an independent disciplinary panel failed to reach a verdict on Wednesday.
Football's world governing body Fifa charged Uruguay striker Suarez with misconduct over the incident in Tuesday's 1-0 win over the Azzuri.
It is the third time the 27-year-old has been involved in biting incidents.
"The panel can take all elements they deem necessary," said a Fifa spokesman.
The Liverpool forward clashed with Juventus defender Chiellini during Tuesday's 2014 Fifa World Cup Group D game in Natal, which Uruguay won to qualify for the last 16.
Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez took no action, but Fifa subsequently charged Suarez with misconduct.
The independent disciplinary panel, chaired by Swiss lawyer Claudio Sulser, has a range of sanctions available, up to a 24-match ban or two-year suspension from all football.
Match of the Day pundits react to the 'bite'
"They met for a long time but we don't know if that is good or bad," said Uruguay FA president Wilmar Valdez. "They will continue in the morning,"
Suarez was banned for 10 games for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during a Premier League match in April 2013.
The former Ajax captain was also previously suspended for seven games for biting PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal's shoulder in 2010.
Diego Lugano and the country's president Jose Mujica, with both stating that the television pictures that will form the basis of the Fifa investigation are inconclusive.
Lugano told the BBC: "What incident? The pictures don't show anything. They show an approximation."
Mujica, 79, a former guerrilla fighter and political prisoner, says that Fifa should not use television evidence to retrospectively punish players.
"I didn't see him bite anyone and in football, I was taught that you obey what the referee says," Mujica said.
"If we're going to take decisions in football based on what TV says, then there are loads of penalties and handballs you'd have to give that weren't given, so bad luck."
Mujica says the striker should be judged solely on his football ability, and questioned why the player should be held up as a behavioural role model.
"We didn't choose him to be a philosopher, or a mechanic, or to have good manners - he's a great player," he said.
Football's world governing body Fifa charged Uruguay striker Suarez with misconduct over the incident in Tuesday's 1-0 win over the Azzuri.
It is the third time the 27-year-old has been involved in biting incidents.
"The panel can take all elements they deem necessary," said a Fifa spokesman.
The Liverpool forward clashed with Juventus defender Chiellini during Tuesday's 2014 Fifa World Cup Group D game in Natal, which Uruguay won to qualify for the last 16.
Mexican referee Marco Rodriguez took no action, but Fifa subsequently charged Suarez with misconduct.
The independent disciplinary panel, chaired by Swiss lawyer Claudio Sulser, has a range of sanctions available, up to a 24-match ban or two-year suspension from all football.
Match of the Day pundits react to the 'bite'
"They met for a long time but we don't know if that is good or bad," said Uruguay FA president Wilmar Valdez. "They will continue in the morning,"
Suarez was banned for 10 games for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during a Premier League match in April 2013.
The former Ajax captain was also previously suspended for seven games for biting PSV Eindhoven midfielder Otman Bakkal's shoulder in 2010.
Diego Lugano and the country's president Jose Mujica, with both stating that the television pictures that will form the basis of the Fifa investigation are inconclusive.
Lugano told the BBC: "What incident? The pictures don't show anything. They show an approximation."
Mujica, 79, a former guerrilla fighter and political prisoner, says that Fifa should not use television evidence to retrospectively punish players.
"I didn't see him bite anyone and in football, I was taught that you obey what the referee says," Mujica said.
"If we're going to take decisions in football based on what TV says, then there are loads of penalties and handballs you'd have to give that weren't given, so bad luck."
Mujica says the striker should be judged solely on his football ability, and questioned why the player should be held up as a behavioural role model.
"We didn't choose him to be a philosopher, or a mechanic, or to have good manners - he's a great player," he said.
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