JAKARTA - Luis Suarez admitted to enjoying his role as the executioner of Atletico Madrid's free-kicks after he scored a set-piece goal against Cadiz to help win 4-2 in the Spanish League continued at Ramon de Carranza, Sunday local time (Monday WIB).
Suarez, who spent six seasons at Barcelona and had to give up the free-kick executioner role for the maestro Lionel Messi, admitted that he had the courage to ask Thomas Lemar and Joao Felix for a chance when Atletico got a free kick in the 28th minute to give Los Rojiblancos the lead.
"Being at Barcelona and next to Leo, who always takes free kicks, is a bit difficult, but at Liverpool and with the Uruguay national team I scored a few free-kick goals and now I want to take advantage of that if the opportunity arises," said Suarez after the match. Reuters.
"In the training session a few days ago we talked about free kicks. Tom (Lemar) was the best, but today his position is a bit far away so I asked to be the executioner and when a striker is in top form it is usually allowed," he added. .
Suarez then scored his second goal in the 50th minute to make it 3-1, in order to solidify his position as the top scorer of the Spanish League with a collection of 14 goals from 14 appearances.
"When a striker is in a fertile trend, a team just needs to enjoy and optimize every opportunity to help him," said Suarez.
"Of course it is difficult to maintain that level throughout the year, but I will try to help the team as much as possible," he concluded.
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