Because Luis Suárez was not a starter in the key game that led to the elimination of Nacional

Luis Suárez’s dream return to Nacional took a hit on Tuesday night. The Uruguayan team was beaten 3-0 by Atlético Goianiense, who had already won 1-0 in the first leg in Montevideo, and was eliminated without extenuating circumstances from the Copa Sudamericana. The Gunslinger went in to play the complement and then his coach justified the reasons for not starting him despite his hierarchy.

“Suárez has eight days with us, five training sessions and the pace of the beginning is not the same as the second, We talked about it with him and we understood that the best thing, thinking of everyone, was that he play the second 45 minutes. “Pablo Repetto gave a lecture after the match in Brazil, ensuring that the decision was something in agreement with the scorer.

Suárez had entered just over 15 minutes in the first leg at the Gran Parque Central against Goiania and on Friday he played 45 minutes for the Uruguayan championship against Rentistas, a game in which he also scored a goal. That’s the way it goes, the gunslinger must have been in Brazil, but the technician made a different assessment.

“As a result, he didn’t play as a starter. Who wouldn’t want to put Suárez in the 90 minutes? Go figure. With that I answer everything, but we have to be realistic and see the reality we have regarding the conditions of football all the time he has been inactive, “added Repetto. Before his return, Lucho last played for Atlético de Madrid in May.

The Uruguayan coach also explained about the 11 starters: “We had an idea, we were evaluating. A decision had to be made before the game with Rentistas. We played a very close and demanding game, we generated two or three situations, it’s not that we didn’t generate, and something similar happened in Uruguay. The Goianiense deserves the qualification because, especially in the second game, they were superior and strong ”.

In addition, Repetto scored Goianiense’s opening goal, coming off the sidelines, as a blow from which Nacional was unable to recover: “We had done some merit to face the game in another way and in a punctual mistake they turn us fast. It’s a game we don’t solve well; that’s not normal in a Copa instance. In the end comes the second which was lapidary for the intentions we had “.

Finally, the technician added: “Goianiense’s ranking is right for what he did in this match. We would have liked to play differently, it was given differently by the negative result. If you leave room for this team it complicates you and they made it ”.

For Luis Suárez all the anger remained. And so he was seen in the field, with a single shot controlled by the opposing goalkeeper, hit by a kick and with a painful elimination due to the form: 0-4 aggregate. Now he will have the local competition to get to the Qatar World Cup with the rhythm: 13 matches for the Clausura, at least one for the Uruguay Cup and the definition of the Uruguayan.