Luis Suárez, legend without plaque

It doesn’t have a plate on it. Walk of Legends of the Wanda Metropolitano, but you don’t need it. The Uruguayan Luis Suarez He said goodbye this Sunday to what has been his hobby for the last two courses as a myth of the club. An unforgettable number ‘9’ loved by the fans, who before the Sevilla paid him the tribute he deserved.

“I am grateful to Luis Suarez for last season, which was tremendous, and this is still our team’s top scorer. He is going to play against Sevilla. With people who behave the way he did, always ‘chapeau'”, said Simeone the eve of the match. No sooner said than done. Suárez played and listened to the affection of the people for him.

Thirty-four goals in 82 matches, waiting for his last duel, before ending his two-year adventure with the rojiblanco team, is the legacy of the Uruguayan, who completed a full first season. His 21 goals gave Atlético 35 points, which means 40 percent of the 86 finally added to lift the club’s eleventh league title. the league of Suarez.

Of all of them, two caused the ecstasy of the fans, still out of the stands due to the pandemic. The 2-1 in the 88th minute of the game against health in it Wanda and the 1-2 scored against Valladolid home a week later. Two striker goals for posterity. Two memorable explosions of joy for the athletes.

Simeone wanted to reward the footballer by giving him ownership against Sevilla and the Wanda thanked him. The nine (35 years old) shows physical wear and tear and in his second year he lost the spark and speed, but not the hierarchy on and off the pitch, as well as the effectiveness inside the area. Also in the second year he is the team’s top scorer.

Suárez does not reach the one hundred games necessary for his plate to appear in the Walk of Legends. Players like Leivinha, Baltazar o Falcao, but the three are banners of the club. The same as the Uruguayan. Thanks to him, he Atlético won the eleventh league.

“He deserves a great place in the stadium,” said the president cherry tree before the match against Sevilla. “Uruguayan, Uruguayan”, exploded the Wanda when he was substituted for Cunha in the 63rd minute and at the player’s farewell ceremony at the end of the match. “Thank you Lucho for making us champions”, showed the South Fund banner in the second half. Luis Suarez is an indelible legend Atletico Madrid.

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