Luis Suarez admitted that “the flame is dying out” as he edges in the direction of the top of his profession.
Suarez is at present on the Copa America with Uruguay, who topped their group with three wins from three and are getting ready for a quarter-final towards Brazil.
Not like in earlier tournaments the place he was the primary man, the 37-year-old has been restricted to only two substitute appearances to this point, with Marcelo Bielsa steering the aspect in the direction of youthful abilities.
Regardless of solely enjoying for eight minutes in whole, Suarez, who’s Uruguay’s all-time high scorer with 68 objectives, is set to get pleasure from what is probably going his closing main match for his nation.
“I’m having fun with each second very a lot,” Suarez advised AUF TV.
“It’s one thing that at my age, as you grow old, you get pleasure from it increasingly more whether or not you’re enjoying rather a lot or enjoying a little bit, as a result of you understand that the flame of soccer is dying out.
“I’m only one extra [player in the squad], you’ve already seen it. Enjoying or not enjoying, I’m proud of the half I’m doing and attempting to assist as a lot as I can.”
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