Sporting captain at Casino de Madrid to collect award, says he’s very happy | OneFootball

Luis Suárez, who joined Sporting in the last summer transfer window from Almería, attended the Marca awards gala, held on Monday night at the Casino de Madrid, to receive the award for top scorer of the Spanish second division, for the past season.

The Colombian forward - who has impressed Rui Borges - thanked his former teammates: "I am very happy to receive this award. It is the culmination of an entire season of work. I am very grateful to my teammates at Almería; without them, this would not be possible (...)," he began by saying.

Rui Borges' protégé then spoke about the first few months at the green and white club: "It's a new beginning, a new chapter in my career. I am very happy, indeed. My family and I are doing very well in Lisbon. We are really enjoying this season. Now in Portugal, I have new challenges, like the Champions League, and I hope to rise to the occasion and score many more goals," he concluded.

In the past season, Suárez scored 27 goals in 41 games in the second tier of the neighboring country, comfortably beating the closest competitor: the runner-up in the scorers' list was the Argentine Panichelli, now at Strasbourg, who scored 21 goals for Mirandés.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Luis Suárez – valued at 22 million euros – has played 18 matches: 11 in the Liga Portugal Betclic, four in the Champions League, two in the Portuguese Cup, and one in the Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup. In 1,206 minutes, the striker has scored nine goals and provided two assists.

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