Luis Suárez gets on the goalscorer wagon
2019-06-20
With his penalty scored in a 2-2 tie against Japan on Thursday, Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez joins the group of Copa América-2019 players who have scored twice in the tournament.
The Barcelona striker had also scored in La Celeste’s triumphant debut against Ecuador (4-0).
Koji Miyoshi scored the Japanese team’s two goals against the Charrúas, who also joins this group of goalscorers in which are the Brazilian Philippe Coutinho, the Chilean Eduardo Vargas and the Colombian Duvan Zapata.
Table of scorers of the Copa América 2019:
2 goals: Coutinho (Brazil), Miyoshi (Japan), Luis Suárez (Uruguay), Vargas (Chile), Zapata (Colombia).
– Is not what was expected –
«It was a tie, but we created more opportunities. We’re leaving with a bit of a bitter feeling», said ‘Pistolero’ Luis Suarez after the Group C match at Arena Do Gremio in Porto Alegre (south) in front of some 40.000 spectators, most of them Uruguayans.
«They pushed us well, they didn’t let us play the way we wanted to. But we have to correct mistakes that were made and celebrate the positive things that were done», added the Barça player.