After the Portuguese Cup final, Luis Suárez makes bold vow to Sporting | OneFootball

Luis Suárez ended the season as one of Sporting’s standout players and made it clear that his ambition for the future remains intact. After winning the Silver Ball, an award given by the newspaper A Bola, with 28 league goals, the Colombian striker delivered a clear message about what he wants to achieve wearing the lion on his chest in the coming years.

"I work very hard to win these awards. But next year I will keep giving things to this great Club and I hope we can achieve even better things at Sporting", said the centre-forward in an exclusive interview with the very outlet that grants the award.

Despite his individual honours and the status he has gained in Alvalade, Luis Suárez refused to describe himself as a "complete striker" and showed great concern about continuing to improve. "What am I missing to be complete? I think everything. I think that if my mindset is that I am good at every aspect, instead of moving forward and continuing to improve, I will end up stagnating and regressing. I think that in today’s football we have to constantly improve our decision-making, finishing, passing, playing out from the back, aerial play... I think that if we do not try to improve every day, we are dead in the football played today", explained the Colombian.

The striker also took the opportunity to leave an emotional message to Sporting’s fans, thanking them for the support received throughout the season, even with the tense atmosphere last Sunday. "Thank you for always being with the team, in every match, despite the less positive moments, when we were not able to live up to what we could do. I can only be grateful because you helped me a lot in several moments... Scoring all these goals and having the stadium sing my name means a lot to me and my family. Thank you very much, from the heart", he said.

The striker is part of Colombia’s squad for the World Cup and could even face Portugal in the group stage, coming up against some Sporting teammates. Even so, he guarantees that he will step onto the pitch with no room for friendship. "I think the most important thing was being on the final list. I will fight for my life in every minute. And if I have the opportunity to play against Portugal, I will try to score a goal so Colombia can win. Whether it’s me or any of my teammates", he assured.

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