Colombians criticise Luis Suárez over Sporting striker's display v France | OneFootball

Luis Suárez started in Colombia’s 3-1 defeat to France, in what was the 'cafeteros'' second friendly during this March international break, which served as preparation for the 2026 World Cup coming up in the summer.

As is usually the case, the Colombian sports press assessed the performances of the players used against the current World Cup runners-up and, in that same regard, the contribution of the leonine number 97 - who is currently dissatisfied - was described as "discreet".

"The striker had a discreet performance. He was unable to create the expected impact against the solid French defence, and he also failed to provide depth and pressure in the opposition half. He ended up being substituted at half-time in an attempt by coach Néstor Lorenzo to freshen up the attack", said the Colombian edition of newspaper 'AS' about the Sporting forward.

The portal 'Futbolred' gave ratings to all the players, with Luis Suárez receiving a negative score (4). "He didn’t show up in the game. In the first half he barely touched the ball and afterwards he was limited to battling rather than creating goalscoring chances", it wrote about the Lions’ centre-forward.

After defeats against Croatia (2-1) and France (3-1), Colombia, one of Portugal’s opponents in the group stage of the 2026 World Cup, will now return to action only in May and June, with two warm-up matches against Costa Rica (on the 29th) and Jordan (on the 7th).

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