Nacional celebrates the Champions' Festival this Sunday
Nacional celebrates the Champions' Festival this Sunday, an event to celebrate the Uruguayan Championship won last Sunday against Liverpool and also for its fans to say goodbye to Luis Suárez who said: "It's a see you later, I'm not going to play again, but I will return to the club at some point."
At 4:14 PM, the coaching staff went out to the field at Gran Parque Central where a stage was set up in the middle of the field.
Óscar Javier Morales received the first big ovation of the afternoon.
The players stepped onto the field at 4:19 PM and Brian Ocampo sent a video from Spain that was broadcast on the giant screen.
Luis Suárez returned the number 9 to Emmanuel Gigliotti in reciprocation for the gesture that the Argentine made when he arrived by offering him the shirt he was wearing.
"Each one of you should feel proud today, people around the world talk about what the Nacional fans did. I want to thank the president, the coaching staff for treating me the way they did from the beginning, all the staff of Nacional, my teammates for the daily treatment, I enjoyed every day and moment. I take with me a fantastic group, very grateful, I take the memory of all of you. To these three people that my wife gave me," Suárez said, embraced by his children and couldn't hold back the tears. "It's a see you later, I'm not going to play again, but I will return to the club at some point."