Luis Suarez delighted after equalling Diego Forlan’s national record – Football news
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The attacker scored in the UEFA Confederations Cup clash against Spain with a stunning free-kick in the dying moments of the game and has now scored a brilliant 33 times for the Uruguay national side.
The former Ajax Amsterdam player claimed that it is a great honour for him to equal the record of 33 goals and is looking forward to performing well in the remaining games of the competition. He admitted that he is excited to break the record, but the primary
focus is to do well with the national side.
“On a personal level it is an honour and a compliment to have reached the same level as Diego [Forlan] in respect of what he has done for la Celeste. Having scored the same amount goals as Diego, on a personal level is good, but now what we are focused on
is performing in the group and our results in this cup,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
On the other hand, the striker commented on his side’s 2-1 loss to Spain in the first game of the Confederations Cup. He stated that the Spaniards were brilliant throughout the course of the game and insisted that the opposition gave no chance to score.
The player stressed that Spain have defeated the likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 and Italy with considerable margins in the past and admitted that defeating La Roja was always going to be difficult.
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Luis Suarez has represented Uruguay in 65 games thus far and has scored 33 times in the process. The player had a great season with Liverpool last term also as he found the net on 30 occasions in all competitions. He was the second highest scorer in the
English Premier League.
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