Luis Suárez is champion in Nacional: the striker lifted the title of the Clausura Tournament

Luis Suárez returned to Nacional in the middle of the year with his mind set on conquering the Uruguayan championship. For now, the striker completed a first pass, as he lifted the Clausura Tournament title and there is only one more step left to achieve the goal.

With the ‘Pistolero’ for 90 minutes, the ‘Bolso’ beat Cerrito 2-1 as a visitor. Facundo Fagúndez (19′) and Felipe Carballo (47′) scored the winning goals, while Julián Perujo scored the discount for the local team in the final minutes of the game (88′). After the final whistle, the former Barcelona striker celebrated with his family and his teammates.

In this way, Nacional added 31 units in the table and is unattainable to River Plate, which is second (27 points) with one game to go. Now, the ‘Dean’ will have to face Liverpool in the semifinals.

Although, the team led by Pablo Reppeto was also champion of the Annual Table, which adds the points of the Apertura, Intermedio and Clausura tournaments, for which a victory against “Negriazul” would be enough to be national champion. For its part, the Belvedere neighborhood team has the obligation to defeat Luis Suárez’s team to force two extra games.

Luis Suárez and his numbers with Nacional this season

After his arrival at the ‘Bolso’, the striker played 14 games (12 in the First Division and 2 for the Copa Sudamericana). In the Uruguayan tournament, the player scored five goals and contributed with three assists.