2023-11-14 02:48:39
Veteran striker Luis Suarez has been called up to the Uruguayan national team for the first time under the leadership of Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa, which will give him the opportunity to face his former colleague and friend, Argentine Lionel Messi, when the two sides meet on Thursday in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
As a result of his brilliance with his current team, Gremio Porto Alegre, where he scored 14 goals in the league this season and 26 in all competitions, the former Spanish Barcelona striker was called up to the Uruguayan national team for the first time since the Qatar World Cup at the end of last year, so that the 36-year-old got the opportunity to increase his record in terms of scoring. Number of goals (68).
The Uruguayan national team, which hired Bielsa in May, will host world champion Argentina on Thursday in Buenos Aires in an expected confrontation between Suarez and his former Barcelona teammate and friend Messi (36 years old), before hosting Bolivia next week in Montevideo.
Uruguay is performing well in qualifying under Bielsa’s leadership, as it occupies second place in the South American group with seven points from four matches, five points behind Argentina, which leads in full marks and goals once morest Brazil and Venezuela.
Unlike Suarez, his partner in the attack, the other veteran, Edinson Cavani (36 years old and the second best scorer in the national team with 58 goals) will not be in the squad following suffering an injury last weekend with his Argentine team, Boca Juniors.
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