Luis Suarez has introduced he’ll retire from worldwide soccer after Uruguay’s World Cup qualifier versus Paraguay on Friday.
Suarez is Uruguay’s all-time main goalscorer, having netted 69 occasions in 142 appearances, with solely Diego Godin (161) successful extra caps for La Celeste.
The striker helped Uruguay attain the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup and win their fifteenth Copa America title in 2011, being named Participant of the Match as he scored 4 targets together with the opener within the remaining – a 3-0 victory over Paraguay.
Suarez will face the identical opponents in his remaining worldwide match on Saturday as Marcelo Bielsa’s group look to construct on a return of 13 factors from their first six video games within the CONMEBOL World Cup qualification course of.
“I’ve been excited about this and analysing this. I consider that is the fitting time,” a tearful Suarez informed reporters on Monday.
“I wish to be relaxed once I play my final sport with the nationwide group. I’ll be simply as excited to play as I used to be in 2007 once I performed for my nationwide group for the primary time.
“That 19-year previous child is now a veteran participant, an older participant, nevertheless you wish to name it, with an unimaginable historical past with the nationwide group, that may give his life for the group.”
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