A true madness unleashed the mere announcement of the agreement between Luis Suarez and the club National de Fútbol, even if it is only for three effective months, or something less, because during September he will be available for 10 days for the sky-blue team in the FIFA double-header.
There is no corner, there is no talk, there is no social network, that does not talk about the arrival of Luis Suárez. He left 16 years ago, on his way to Groningen in the Netherlands, for 800,000 euros, with only 12 goals in the first division, and returns at 35, with 520 goals in his personal history and as the historical scorer of the sky blue, with 68 conquests. And at the gates of the World Cup in Qatar.
We have written it and we reiterate it. Life is dynamic in itself, and not even Suárez himself imagined the end of this story 20 days ago. At the beginning of July, when he complained about the lack of “pampering”, he also sent a message: “Don’t call me now from Nacional, because now it’s over”.
But it was not like that. The president of the Uruguayan tricolor, José Fuentes, from a calm that seems that nothing can alter it, hewed with absolute sincerity a strategy based on simplicity, perhaps one of the powerful weapons of conviction.
First he did not return Suarez’s dart. He even apologized for not having called him. He always focused on the solutions, and not on the problem. He saw an open door at the striker’s words, and although it sounded like a chimera, he chose to walk that almost utopian path.
Later, the barrage of affection from the Nacional fans “moved” Suárez, who in the absence of a forceful offer from Europe, began to get used to the idea of returning.
In the last hours he received a very firm proposal from the MLS, but the cards were cast. He was no longer going back. The role of maximum idol in which he was placed by the partiality of Nacional did not accept another answer. He came back. Because he always returns to the first love.
The computer system of the club collapsed
Everything is feverish and almost crazy at the headquarters of the Uruguayan National. The doors opened very early, and in the first 24 hours, the number of the club increased by almost 10 percent, while the seats in the Great Central Park are selling like hot cakes.
The National computer system collapsed due to the unusual demand. We are in the time of illusion, where the imagination can take us anywhere, usually much more wonderful than reality itself. But in that are the tricolor fans, almost in a cloud.
The events will begin to happen from Sunday, when Luis Suárez arrives in Montevideo. A caravan is announced between the Carrasco International Airport to the Great Central Park, some 18 kilometers that will surely be upholstered in tricolor flags.
In the afternoon, on the stage where the first match of the World Cups was played on July 13, 1930, Suárez will be received. Details are finalized, security protocols are prepared. The only thing that cannot be written off will be passion, which will certainly not be lacking. Suárez will be received as the idol that he is, in the return to his first love.
Greetings everywhere, including Antonella
The one-minute video, which the footballer uploaded on his social networks last night in Spain, already has almost 7 million views, 15,000 retweets and 140,000 likes.
From the environment of his dear friend, Lionel Messi, came a greeting from Antonella Roccuzzo: “With everything in this new stage!! We love you !!”
The arrival of Lucho, the president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, another fervent fan of the Uruguayan Nacional, also greeted him. In the clubhouse, it was crazy, and they had to enable the main hall to install special desks there to meet the demand of the members. There is no talk of anything else in Uruguay.
On Tuesday, trial by fire
It will arrive on Sunday, and on Tuesday, Nacional plays the Copa Sudamericana in Montevideo’s Gran Parque Central against Goianense from Brazil.
The announcement is that Luis will be under the orders of the campus.
Nacional is making arrangements with Conmebol to be able to register him with the number 9 jacket, since by regulation he could only use some other number that is available. On the field, the place where the striker has always spoken best, another story will begin to be written from Tuesday.
The question is how it arrives. He has not played officially since May 22, when he played 4 minutes against Real Sociedad. And he hasn’t played a full 90 minutes since February 6, when Atletico Madrid visited and lost to Barcelona.
For Cholo Simeone, in the last Spanish League, he was a spare part in the first half of this 2022, with few minutes on the pitch compared to what his career has been.
For Diego Alonso, the coach of Uruguay, he was a key player in the final stretch of the South American Qualifiers, scoring and starting against Paraguay in January, starting against Venezuela in February, and starting again in qualifying against Peru in March. In the last game, against Chile in Santiago, with Uruguay already in the World Cup, he started on the bench, but came on and scored a great goal from the Chilean.
In June, a “hygienic” treatment was carried out on his battered knee, and he has trained on his own this July, with some movements at the Barcelona Sports Field. But he hasn’t had intense demand for more than two months.
Everything indicates that he is not even remotely for 90 minutes. The expectation is maximum, and Suárez is a legend, but normally the only truth is reality. He will surely be dosing efforts, will be in the field, and will write new pages. With this unlikely Suárez, everything can be expected.
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