For Atlético it is the most important game of the season Y for Luis Suárez, an appointment marked in red since he left Barça last summer. The leader is at stake to remain so and the forward also arrives with a thirst for revenge. He returns to what was his home for six years, from where he came out as the third player who has scored the most goals with that shirt (195) and, according to him, with some inappropriate ways. In addition, it will be the reunion with his former colleagues, many friends, especially Messi. The first round match was lost due to coronavirus.
To the second, even more decisive for the moment of the season in which we see each other, the Uruguayan does not arrive at his best. In the last ten days he has scored only three goals. In the previous ten he achieved eleven. And Atlético, which has nothing to spare, needs the best version of the gunman, if it can be against Barça, much better.
Messi, in the farewell of Luis Suárez.
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Suárez does not hide that he has left friends there and that he is happy about his successes. When Barça won the Cup, he publicly congratulated him. And he thinks unashamedly about the present and the future of his old club and Messi. But at the same time is especially motivated. The call with which Koeman informed him that they did not have him and that he did not need to return to training was very painful. Y Suárez left for Atlético with a hunger for titles and to show Barça that he had made a mistake. His fantastic first round convinced everyone that the signing had been a bargain for the rojiblancos, although now it remains to finish the job.
In November, days before Atleti-Barça, in an interview with ESPN They asked him if he would celebrate a goal. “No, I'm not screaming or crazy … Maybe I wouldn't shout it, but pointing somewhere I would be able … “, he commented without giving more signs, although all thoughts were directed to Bartomeu, who is gone, and Koeman. So Barça did miss a striker and he ended up losing the game. Things have been changing and tomorrow he returns to an empty Camp Nou. At stake, remove a thorn … and half a League.