Uruguayan star, Luis Suarez, responded to his consideration after one season of his humiliating departure from Barcelona, and led his team Atletico Madrid to the Spanish League title, leaving his former team in third place.
Suarez, 34, scored the 2-1 victory over Valladolid to clinch the title for Atlético, where the title would have moved to neighboring Real Madrid in the event of his fall in Valladolid and the royal victory.
But the Uruguayan striker had good expectations of his coach Simeone, who said it was "Suarez's time", and led Atlético to the League title for the 11th time in its history after an absence of 7 years, where it was last crowned in the 2013-2014 season.
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goal Is this goal the most expensive for Suarez in his football career?
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In contrast to his strong performance on the field, Suárez is characterized by a sense of tenderness and close tears, as he did not control himself and burst into tears after winning the title in favor of Atletico, and the difference between the crowning tears and the tears of leaving Barcelona, which he shed while he was forced to leave in a humiliating manner not befitting his great history with the Blaugrana As the team's second all-time goalscorer, after club legend Lionel Messi.
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Where he was informed of the decision to dismiss his services shockingly at the beginning of the current season during a dry telephone conversation with Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman, as if he was a burden on the team even though he was with Messi a striking force that brought many titles to the Catalan club in recent years.
Barcelona and Suarez's conscience did not leave a single moment until now, so that he overshadowed his speech after winning the LaLiga title, today, Saturday, as he burst into tears and then said to the Spanish channel, Movistar, after the victory over Valladolid, "I lived a very difficult period at the beginning of the current season, I remember my wife and children suffering with me after they despised me (Barcelona) and underestimated my abilities, and in return Atlético de Madrid opened its doors for me, which will make me grateful to him. I am the League champion 5 times in 7 seasons. "
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Suarez moved to Barcelona in July 2014 from Liverpool for 82.3 million euros, to form a dangerous duo with Messi, and he crowned the Catalan team during 6 seasons 13 titles, including 4 titles in the League, the same as the King's Cup, two Spanish Super Cup titles, in addition to The Champions League, European Super League and Club World Cup in 2015.
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On the other hand, Barcelona missed the goals of Suarez severely, if I included his 21 goals in the Spanish League this season to Messi's 30 goals, Barcelona might be crowned the title instead of third place, which he achieved after suffering a 1-0 victory over Eibar, who was already relegated on Saturday.
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Barcelona ended the season with 79 points, 7 points behind champions Atletico Madrid and 5 behind second-placed Real Madrid.
Antoine Griezmann, who scored the winning goal against Eibar, did not give the expected level since his move from Atletico to Barcelona two seasons ago, despite his improvement from the first season;
However, he is still far from the level of superstars like Messi and Suarez, who was treated in a humiliating way by the club leaving Griezmann, who did not provide anything tangible last season, although Barcelona paid 120 million euros to Atletico Madrid as the value of his penalty clause for joining him in July 2019.
Griezmann admitted failure - during his remarks after the last game - by saying, "We did not do what was required in the important matches this season. Of course I am happy with my goal today; but I am disappointed because of the way our campaign in the league ended this season. We did not play well at the beginning of the season but we did." Perfect performance in 2021. "
"I am happy for Atletico, coach Diego Simeone, Kuki and for all of my friends there and the fans. They deserve this title," he added.
Although Barcelona won the King's Cup this season, it failed to resolve the major confrontations in the League in its favor, and set a record in losses, as the loss to Celta Vigo at Camp Nou last week was Barcelona’s seventh defeat this season, which is the largest number of defeats that have been lost. The team is exposed to him in the Spanish League since the 2007-2008 season.
He also came out of the Champions League final eighth round at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain, who taught him a lesson in the arts of soccer at home and won it 4-1 at Camp Nou.
A picture of Mbappe running quickly and Piqué behind him holding his shirt has become a mockery of Barcelona (Reuters)
And it spread - strongly on the Internet - the image of Kylian Mbappe running quickly and Barcelona defender Gerard Pique behind him miserably holding his shirt, and this picture has become a mockery of the Catalan player and club alike to this day, but has become an icon of the failure of the adults except Messi with the team.