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The extra motivation of Luis Suárez for the Champions League

Published:30/07/2020 - 22:18h

Updated:30/07/2020 - 22:18h

Luis Suárez was able to resume the 2019-20 season despite an injury that left him out of action for several months, and now he wants to help Barça at a delicate moment. The uruguayan has extra motivation to face the Champions League

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The FC Barcelona wants to do borrón and new account this summer after a bad year, but before will treat to raise the Champions League. His limitations, the disappointments accumulated in the Supercopa of Spain, the Glass of Rey and LaLiga and the quality of his rivals no go it to him to put easy, but the title is not so far. After the crisis of the coronavirus, 'only' does lacking to win four parties to conquer the international tournament.

One of the most demanding in the Barcelona changing room is Luis Suárez, that expects to save the season in the personal and in the collective. The one of Jump did not doubt in doing self-criticism to individual level and of group after the triumph of the Real Madrid in the championship of the regularity, and warned that it touches to give the all by the everything. To his 33 years, and coexisting with physical and critical problems, he same has many win to remove a spine nailed.

The Uruguayan arrives with extra motivation to the European appointment because it wants to avoid that this was his course less goleador in the Camp Nou. The different injuries that has suffered and, especially, the operation of knee that forced him to stop in January, have limited him to 34 parties (2.478 minutes) in which, in spite of everything, his statistics are not at all bad. Without being to 100% and have good feelings, has contributed 19 so many and 12 assistances.

The wear and the fault of freshness have cebado with the nine, whose figures have gone descending with the step of theyears . The 25 targets and 23 definite passes of his campaign debut -the 2014-15, marked by a sanction- shot until 59 and 24 in the following -in which there was triplete and carried the Boot of Gold-, but in the 2016-17 already went down until 37 and 18, afterwards to 31 and 19 and finally sealed a 25 and 13 before the current.

The tip knows that the team can back him and that he will have to be fine-tuned, even although it can not give the best of himself same. This plan already could check in his comeback in LaLiga, in which it showed lacking of rhythm but attained to materialise five goals and an assistance in 11 meetings in which it was dosificado by Quique Setién, that only kept him 90 minutes on the lawn in three of these commitments.

Suárez wants the Champions before a key season

Suárez wants to add his character and goals in the Champions and begin to trace back before a key year for his future. The ex of the Liverpool does time that opened the door to Lautaro Martínez that aims to be his heir, but does not neglect his interests. His agreement extends until 2021 and has a clause of automatic renewal if it contests 60% of the parties. His intention is to follow triumphing as Barcelona, but the Major League Soccer has called to his door and is an increasing temptation. This yes, 196 goals and 109 assistances like barcelonista endorse him.

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