Atlético de Madrid striker Luis Suarez arrived this Monday “with great enthusiasm” to Montevideo to join the Uruguayan team, which has already begun work with a view to the first matches of the South American qualifiers of the Qatar World Cup 2022, before Chile and Ecuador.
Around 23.00 local time (02.00 GMT on Tuesday) the scorer landed at the Carrasco International Airport, where he arrived from Buenos Aires in the Argentine Lionel Messi plane.
Before leaving the main air terminal in the country, the striker spoke a few minutes with the press and stressed that the duel against the red on October 8 it will be “complicated” as in all qualifying rounds.
Further, Suarez spoke on Edinson Cavani absence, who was not cited by the coaching staff, and stressed that he “always” feels when “important players” are missing. However, he noted that Uruguay has soccer players that are in “very good level“within a template with” a few new faces. “Finally, the forward referred to his new stage at Atlético de Madrid, club to which he arrived in this period of passes, and assured that he is “happy”.
In addition to Suarez, this Monday they arrived in Montevideo seven other footballers. On Tuesday, meanwhile, they will arrive, among others, Diego Godín, Federico Valverde and Rodrigo Bentancur, who will immediately go to the Celeste Complex to be under the orders of the Uruguayan coach, Oscar Washington Tabárez.
Before the game, La Celeste will do three workouts, all of them in the evening hours, according to sources from the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF). Before Chile, Uruguay will not have the scorer Cavani, who this Monday joined the Manchester United from England. Therefore, one of the main unknowns that should be cleared in training is who will accompany Suárez in the attack before the loss of its main partner.