Luis Javier Suarez celebrated again in Europe. The long drought that overwhelmed him for eight games ended this Wednesday in the 2-2 draw between Sporting of Portugal and Tondela in the postponed game on date 26 of the First League. Samario once again showed that he is a born scorer and, with his instinct, scored to let off steam and not miss a goal in April.
Sporting of Portugal They came to the home game with the obligation to win to keep their title hopes alive. Suarez He started and found what he had been looking for so much in the last few games: the goal.
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Goal to let off steam
The first half ended without goals. The barrage came in the last 30 minutes of a pretty crazy game that deprived the Sporting Lisbon to stay with the victory in the José Alvalade stadium.
The goal that broke the goal came in the 62nd minute. The person in charge of opening the score was the Colombian, who was the smartest in the rival area. Salvador Blopa He sent a tense cross to the near post, Samario smelled the play from the moment the ball came out of his teammate’s boot and, with his scoring instinct, ran to anticipate his marker and deflect the trajectory of the ball. The shot went into the rival goalkeeper’s near post and Suárez was able to vent.
For the Colombian scorer it was the 25th goal in 29 games of the Portuguese First League. In his first season with Sporting There are already 35 goals in 49 games, adding all competitions. In Champions League he scored five goals in 12 games; in the Cup There were three scores in six games, and in the Allianz Cupa goal.
It was also a special goal for Luis Javier Suárez. With the score he equaled the record he set Radamel Falcao García in his first season in Portugal. The ‘Tigre’ scored 34 goals in 43 games, adding up all seasons. In the League he scored 25 goals in 28 games; in Champions League There were eight goals in eight games, and in the Cup he scored five goals in five games.
Luis Suarez Photo:EFE
Victory vanished
Sporting of Portugal They had the victory practically tied after the goal against Joao Silva, which left them with a two-goal advantage. But the ending was like a fiction novel: Makan Aiko He kicked a penalty at 90+2, which was saved by the Lions goalkeeper. On the corner kick, Blopa He put his head in and scored an own goal. In the 90+4, Pica It marked the agonizing 2-2 for Tondela.
The result in the postponed match on date 35 of the Portuguese First League left a bitter taste Sportingwhich remained screwed in third place in the table with 73 points and is 9 units behind the leader Porto.
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