preview

Luis Suarez As A Hero

Decent Essays

Luis Suarez is the ultimate anti-hero of football. You love him or you hate him, but you can't ignore him. He is a maverick like Eric Cantona and Paolo Di Canio. He divides opinion, but even his biggest critics would concede that he's hell of a footballer.
Comparing him with the greats of his time, he is yet to attain the iconic status that the likes of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo enjoy. However, on the field, there is nothing which Messi and Ronaldo can do that Suarez can't.
On April 20, 2016, the Uruguayan produced one of the greatest performances of all time in La Liga. Against a beleaguered Deportivo La Coruna, he scored a quadruple and assisted three for Barcelona in a 8-0 hammering. In doing so, he became the first player in the league to have a hand in seven goals in a single game. …show more content…

They had suffered three consecutive La Liga defeats for the first time since 2003 and were dumped out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid a week ago.
After winning a fifth Ballon d'Or, Messi named Suarez as the world's best out-and-out forward player.
"It is difficult to compare him to all the ones (goal scorers) I have played alongside. There have been so many. What I can say is that he is the best out-and-out forward there is in the game today. He has so much to offer the team and it is a pleasure to play alongside him. We also have a very good relationship off the pitch and I am very happy to be sharing everything with him," Messi said.
When the Argentine was injured during the initial months of the 2015-16 season, Suarez carried the team on his

Get Access