Tomás da Cunha amazed by Sporting starter: he’s a football machine | OneFootball

Sporting defeated PSG at home, 2-1, in a match of the seventh round of the Champions League, held at Estádio José Alvalade. Luis Suárez, who scored twice in the victory against the French team, was praised by Tomás da Cunha on social media for his performance.

"From the substitutions, it's clear that Rui Borges approached the second half with pragmatism regarding the result (although he extended Mangas' stay), but Bragança and Alisson contributed to a historic victory. Suárez is a football machine. Rui Silva and Matheus Reis were very solid", he wrote on 'X'.

After the match, the player himself expressed happiness for the triumph: "The truth is we knew we had a very difficult game ahead and we prepared for this match in the best way. This is also a reflection of the work from the day in Munich, where unfortunately we didn't get the reward, but today the work of this team... went until the end. Even when they equalized, we knew we would have another chance and we knew how to seize it to give a magical night to all these people who always support us," said the forward, who valued the collective effort.

"The work was from the whole team, the technical staff. We knew we were facing the European champion but we also knew we were at home and wanted to make it respected. We said that in the locker room, especially to bring joy to all these people. The defensive work was incredible and that's the key in these games: knowing how to suffer, knowing how to work through it, and knowing how to wait to seize an opportunity and take advantage of it. The fans helped from start to finish," he added.

This season, wearing the Sporting jersey, Luis Suárez – valued at 22 million euros – has played 30 matches: 18 in Liga Portugal Betclic, seven in the Champions League, three in the Portuguese Cup, one in the League Cup, and another in the Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup. In the 2,289 minutes he was on the field, the striker scored 22 goals and made four assists.

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