The double martyrdom of Luis Suárez

When the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) decided to fire

, a badly wounded, beloved and eternal coach (more than 15 uninterrupted years on the Uruguayan bench in his second stage and four World Cups), the federative foremen understood that qualifying for the World Cup in Qatar could become a pipe dream.

The Uruguay national team has gone five matches without winning in the qualifying rounds, with four consecutive defeats and a last fall in Bolivia that left a scar (3-0).

Despite the influence that totems such as

(35 years old),

(35),

(34) or

(34) continue to have, the managers of La Celeste think they have redefined the project.

, Atlético's physical trainer, already combines his work performance in Simeone's coaching staff with his recently released work in the Uruguayan team.

It was after the agreement with Ortega that the AUF came full circle with the incorporation of the new coach:

.

Former striker, among others, for Atlético Madrid, Valencia, Racing de Santander, Real Murcia, Málaga, Bella Vista, Gimnasia and Peñarol, the

He is also the cousin of another illustrious former footballer who had his time of glory in Spain,

(Alavés, Murcia and Espanyol).

They believe from the Uruguayan federation to have found an ideal formula to revitalize the team tactically and physically four days before the end of the qualifying phase.

A final stretch that Uruguay faces seventh in the group and one point from Chile, which now occupies the fifth position that gives access to the playoffs.

The charrúas face a Paraguay on the limit at dawn on Friday in La Nueva Olla de Asunción, and they still have home games against Venezuela (February 1) and Peru (March 24), and a final match in Chile (March 29).

“I think it is a time when we must assume our responsibility and that it is for ourselves that we are in this situation.

Because we were the ones who were not up to the task and the ones who have to carry this forward”, Luis Suárez admitted with renewed spirit, aware that the eyes of the fans are pending a state of form that has been in doubt since the course began. .

A goal in 14 and a half months

Suárez, in fact, has only scored one goal for the Uruguayan national team in the last 14 and a half months. That is, a goal in their last 12 international matches, the one marked in the resounding defeat against Brazil (4-1) on October 15. Luis Suárez, who is Celeste's all-time leading scorer (63 goals in 127 games) ahead of Cavani (51) and

(34), has not been able to escape the drought at Atlético either. So much so that he has only been able to see the door in one of his last 11 league games.

“With continuity I am performing better”, responds instead Luis Suárez, whose ownership with Uruguay could be compromised as long as Diego Alonso decides to bet on the young man from Benfica

, scourge this season of Barcelona in Da Luz and who has already scored 20 goals this season with Lisbon, 15 of them in 16 league games.

Uruguay is trying to mix its most glorious past with the new leaders opposed by Barça central defender

and Real Madrid midfielder

.

But right in the final stretch of a race against the clock to which the Uruguayan team is not at all used to.

Double world champion (1930 and 1950) and holder of 19 international titles despite being a country of just 3.4 million inhabitants, the last time she was left out of a World Cup was in Germany 2006, later reaching the semifinals in South Africa (2010), the eighth in Brazil (2014) and the quarterfinals in the last World Cup in Russia (2018).

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