Luis Suárez erupted into the field yesterday (22) despite rumors of his retirement. Wearing Grêmio’s captain armband, the Uruguayan put one of his best performances in the year by scoring a goal and distributing one assist in a victory against América Mineiro.
Grêmio is now in 3rd place in the Brazilian League. Suárez played 86 minutes on the match, which is a boost for the club.
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The first goal in the match was scored by América, but then Grêmio had an inspired Suárez. He gave a through pass to Bitello, who scored the first and started the play for the second goal by providing a long ball to Reinaldo, who crossed it into the head of Villasanti.
The third goal was also built by Reinaldo: he found Suárez in front of the goalkeeper and the Uruguayan shot it with power to give the final score to the match.
Renato Gaúcho reveals strategy with Suárez’s minutes
“I’ve been doing this since he arrived, but he’s hungry. He doesn’t want to stay out of training, whether physical or technical, because he’s a great professional. The athlete who has that thought is a winner. The guy who likes to train and play , I give the example of Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. They won everything, but they are never satisfied. This is the case with Suárez. For him, I would play all the 90 minutes”, dcceclared the coach.
“When the games were decided, not 100%, but with a few minutes to go. Today he ran a lot, had a great match. Sunday we faced Coritiba. I tried to spare him in the last minutes and it will always be like that. I get along with him, I know his limit, how far he can go. If there was no game on Sunday, he would play the 90 minutes today, but the recovery time is shorter. It’s easy for a coach to work with a player like that’, concluded Renato.
