After the 15 minutes and coins he had played on his return to Nacional, in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals, Luis Suárez jumped back onto the field this Friday and did so with a goal. El Pistolero entered from the bench to play the supplement against Rentistas for the Uruguayan Championship and, 14 minutes later, he scored for the first time. It was a 3-0 victory and Lucho also missed a penalty.
For the first time in his second stage as a Nacional player, since in the 35 games he had played since his debut until his sale to European football he had already shouted 12 other times, including a goal against the same rival, Rentistas: the other scored on 4/23/2006 at the Centenario, in a 3-1 victory.
With Nacional 2-0 up on the scoreboard, Lucho’s goal came from a corner kick: the corner came from the left and Suárez took advantage of the fact that the goalkeeper was staked to put the goleador frentazo, anticipating his marker inside the small area. The advantages to a player of such a hierarchy are expensive.
Suárez celebrated as he did so many times in Barcelona or Atlético de Madrid, with a special dedication to his partner, Sofía Balbi, who was present in the stands of the Gran Parque Central, and their three children: Delfina, Benjamín and Lautaro. A more than special gift for his daughter, who turned 12 this Friday. And the fans of the Bag, who put together a revolution on her arrival, gave her a moving ovation.
However, the night was not entirely round for Lucho, since with five minutes to go he had an unbeatable opportunity to score a double: the referee awarded a penalty for Fabrizio Buschiazzo’s hand and Suárez took charge, but this time the duel was won by goalkeeper Lucas Machado, who guessed the stick and held it down very well.
An extremely important victory for Nacional, which in addition to losing at home against Atlético Goianiense in the Copa Sudamericana, had lost in its debut for the local tournament against Deportivo Maldonado. And also key minutes for Suárez, who before arriving at Nacional he had not played since May 22 with Atlético de Madridand he needs pace to try to turn the dunk story around in Brazil.
“Three points and to think about Tuesday. Happy to celebrate a goal again with this shirt and in this stadium. Delphi, it’s for you. All together, let’s go National “, Suárez wrote after the game on his Twitter account, already focused on what is coming.
The match statistics
Celebration with special dedication (EFE).