The Uruguayan international Luis Suarez started and scored this Thursday one of the goals in the victory of the Guild by 3-1 over the Americaamid rumors about his possible retirement from football due to problems with his right knee.
The 36-year-old striker sealed the victory for Gremio, while Bitello and Paraguayan Mathías Villasanti scored the other two goals. The discount for the Belo Horizonte team was the work of Danilo Avelar.
The eyes of the fans and the press were this Thursday in the direction of the Uruguayan player, not only because he is the main reference of the Guild but also due to “serious” health problems, as reported the day before by the president of the club, Alberto Guerra.
The manager said during an event with fans that ‘Luisito’ has to inject himself and suffers from severe pain, which is why he is considering the possibility of a prosthesis to treat the osteoarthritis that has afflicted him since his time at Barcelona.
But the passion for football and his dedication on the field keep Suárez active, who lined up this Thursday as a starter and already at 22 minutes he starred in the first clear play on goal with a header that crashed into the crossbar. The visiting team then opened the scoring, after 24 minutes, but the locals reacted and in a play by Suárez, with a precise pass for Bitello in the 39th minute, Gremio evened the actions.
After the expulsion of the rival Eder in the first half, Gremio came out decisively in the second half and after sixty minutes Villasanti unbalanced the score after an accurate cross from the winger Reinaldo. But the scorer did not want to remain blank and in minute 68, again with a projection from Reinaldo, Suárez defined with a cross shot over goalkeeper Matheus Cavichioli to make it 3-1.
At 75 minutes, Suárez was about to score the second on his personal account when he beat Wanderson in an individual play and his shot crashed into the vertical again. At minute 82, he was substituted and was applauded by the Gremio fans, who are resigned to losing their scorer.
With the result of this Thursday, the Porto Alegre team reached 20 points and remains in leading positions close to the leader Botafogo, who was facing Cuiabá at home in the second hour. America, meanwhile, remains in the relegation zone with only eight points in the eleven rounds played in the tournament.
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