The elimination at the hands of Peru, in the quarterfinals of the Copa America 2019, continues to hurt Luis Suárez. The forward spoke with the Uruguayan radio program 'Último al arco' of Sport 890, a conversation in which he recalled what happened at the Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador de Bahía.
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In the interview, Suárez denied that he is going to stop playing for the Uruguayan national team, while regretting the missed penalty against the Peruvian national team in the Brazilian tournament.
"There is Suarez for a long time in the national team. I am happy that young players continue to emerge, with talent, desire, and spirit," said the Uruguayan attacker.
Then, the Barcelona's '9' brought up the match against Peru, which he described as "an opponent that was the worst played in the Copa America". And he added: "We had quality, players, spirit, we knew each other very well as teammates to be able to win the Copa America".
Finally, Luis Suárez explained that he missed the penalty because "I tried to invent hitting it in a way that I had never hit before". "Missing a penalty is human and there is a family behind that also suffers, we had to lift our heads," added the Uruguayan.