December 2, 2022, 16:01 PM
December 2, 2022, 16:01 PM
The attacker Luis Suárez was the symbol of desolation and frustration for Uruguay in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar leave crying from their fourth participation, this Friday with the elimination of Celeste despite winning 2-0 against Ghana.
The victory was useless to go to the round of 16, as South Korea beat Portugal 2-1 and prevented the Charrúas from reaching second place.
“I feel sadness and disappointment. I was lucky to play my fourth World Cup. What I was thinking about before the match was my four-year-old son, who had not seen me win a World Cup match. Today he saw me win but he leaves with the image of that sadness,” he told Uruguayan television Teledoce.
“I think that for a father, for a player, it’s difficult. It’s time to face the situation and encourage your teammates”he pointed out with problems to contain the tears of emotion.
Suárez also told how his family wanted to go hug him at the end of the game and they were not allowed access.
“After the game I want to give a hug to my children, my wife, and people from FIFA came to tell me that my children could not go down (to the pitch), when the other day there was a player from France with his children on the bench. of substitutes. I ask why always against Uruguay, it seems that Uruguay has to have another power at the media level to have power and access for my children to come down for a second to greet me. But that’s how FIFA is,” he added.
The 35-year-old ‘Gunslinger’ also disagreed with the referee’s performance and considered that there were penalties in favor of Uruguay not indicated.
“They are not excuses, but incredible penalties are being taken here in the World Cup, incredible things are being taken. There is the Committee of Referees, FIFA again, which has to try to explain itself better,” he said.
Already before the end of the game, in the tense final minutes in which Uruguay went from being virtually classified to the emotional destruction of elimination, Suárez could not help but cry on the bench. He had been substituted in the 66th minute for Edinson Cavani.
“We gave the maximum in this game. Today I didn’t play. It was winning, and we won, and depending on other results, but we reached this point by ourselves and what we feel is sadness,” he lamented.
