The curtain’s closing for Luis Suarez’s international career with Uruguay. From Ajax to Liverpool, to Barcelona, he completely dominated the No 9 position in soccer, becoming a true legend of the game. By twisting and turning and scoring some of the best goals we have seen, it would be an emotional moment for everyone involved with Uruguay. El Pistolero scored 69 goals in 142 games for his country, bringing the devastating club form to the international stage.
Thus, the question on everyone’s minds remains – will he play in his farewell match against Paraguay? Everyone wants to see Luis Suarez don the light blue jersey for one last time. Hopefully, we can see him play when Uruguay takes Paraguay in the CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifiers to determine the South American contingent for the 2026 World Cup.
Well, according to the line-ups given by Marcelo Bielsa, he will play. Thus, get your cameras out to watch the legend play for one last time. In terms of expected lineups, we can expect Bielsa to feature him in the match.
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Uruguay: Rochet; Nandez, Caceres, Bueno, Saracchi; Valverde, Ugarte; Pellistri, Torres, Araujo; Suarez
It will be great to see him play with Federico Valverde, the Real Madrid midfielder, for one last time. Notably, the Uruguayan midfielder fed a sensational pass to Kylian Mbappe to score his first goal for Madrid. Hence, we could hopefully see the box-to-box midfielder put Suarez on goal to score a farewell goal. Fans can watch the game at Fanatiz PPV at 7:30 PM.
Regarding the other team news, Uruguay will be without Darwin Nunez, who has a five-match suspension. Likewise, Rodrigo Bentancur is out with an injury while Mathías Olivera, Ronald Araújo, and Josema Giménez will be out. These players played a key role in Suarez’s career and it would be disheartening for them to miss the striker’s final match.
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Luis Suarez- a legend of the game!
The striker announced his retirement on September 3rd after an illustrious career. He mentioned, “I’ve been thinking about this and analyzing this. I believe this is the right time. I want to be relaxed when I play my last game with the national team. I’ll be just as excited to play as I was in 2007 when I played for my national team for the first time. That 19-year-old kid is now a veteran player, an older player – however you want to call it – with an incredible history with the national team, that will give his life for the team.”
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The trophy haul remains exemplary with Barcelona as he formed an irresistible trio with Neymar and Lionel Messi. He also went to Atletico Madrid to help them win a La Liga title, which remains one of the most underrated achievements in his career. Spearheading Uruguay in the World Cup, Suarez stole the limelight whenever he entered the pitch. Of course, there were controversies but every player has that.
Therefore, we wish for him to score in tomorrow’s game against Paraguay to have his last laugh.
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