The Uruguayan star said goodbye to the team where it all started
“It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later,” he said.
A bittersweet partythis was the day this Sunday in the Great Central Park of Montevideo, the home of the National Football Club that saw his greatest star leave this Sunday, Luis Suarezand who also celebrated with his people the 49th title of Uruguayan football.
The characteristic red, blue and white filled the stands of the sports venue where recognition was given to all team members who obtained the coveted title of local football.
In the midst of flags, chants and joy, the end of a story with a happy ending that brought the top scorer of the Uruguayan national team back home after a worldwide movement of his fans last July.
With tears in his eyes and, as always, accompanied by his family the Uruguayan striker took the podium to offer a word of thanks to all the fans of the team and members of the management and technical staff.
“It’s not goodbye, it’s see you later”Suárez sentenced at the end of his visibly moved speech that was accompanied by a hug from all his colleagues on stage.
Thank you from my heart, I came back for you ?? pic.twitter.com/T0nb0RARs7
– Luis Suarez (@LuisSuarez9) November 6, 2022
This is how this chapter ended. the love story between Luis Suárez and Nacional that, as he expressed, although his return is not as a player, it is not ruled out in the future linked to his childhood club.
It was on July 27 when the soccer player announced with a message on his Twitter account that he was returning to the team in which he had debuted as a professional in 2005.
Four days later he appeared before the fans at the Gran Parque Central stadium at a party that concluded with a clear message from the striker: “I’m here for you.”
#SuárezANacional was the label chosen to let the striker know that everyone wanted to see him again in the first team who played before taking his talents to Europe.
It was replicated first in Uruguay and then reached more than 50 million Twitter accounts in 35 countries.
Suarez He put on the white elastic again after 16 years and a month. He did it in the Tricolor’s defeat against Atlético Goianiense for the South American Cup in the first leg of a series in which the Uruguayan team lost both games and was eliminated.
These were the only two defeats that Suárez suffered on his return to Nacional, where he accumulated eleven wins and three draws. There were 1,238 minutes in which the ‘Gunman’ scored eight goals, adding to the 15 he had scored in his first spell with the three-time world champion team.
