Luís Suárez: "I'm calm and eager to return to action, but cautious"

He asked to be subbed just before plans went awry. Everything that could've ended badly, ended up worse. The referee of that UD Almería vs Granada CF game decided that the change would take place in the following play. On the bench, everyone wanted to do it at that moment. The team-mate was ready in the touch line. Luís Suárez, after a first failed shot, looked for the ball to complete his goal poker. The forward only found a stretcher, an ambulance and an unfortunate season. 'We had come from playing in Seville during the week and at that moment, we were in front 3-2; my calf was weary and I decided to ask for a change so that Koné would give us hope by keeping balls and getting fouls in our favour. I asked for the substitution to give us breathing space and more seconds and later, I picked up the injury. It was determined by life, God or whatever, but what was meant to happen, it happened,' he acknowledged on UDA Radio after having started doing his first training sessions on the sidelines of the Anexo training pitch after undergoing surgery. 

Luís Suárez has a very clear roadmap: 'The deadlines are being met and we're being very cautious. I'm very sorry for the change from before the operation to today; I'm more confident and I needed that because the vibes now are very good.' His adrenaline to play is controlled: 'We're in no hurry at all. I want to meet deadlines and small objectives that we set for ourselves day by day. I'd love to be able to play a game before finishing the season and enjoy the short time after a difficult year but I'm not in a hurry. We did have less patience with the previous injury and it didn't go well so right now I'm calm, eager to return to action but cautious.'

In this interview, the 26-year-old striker explained the difficulty added to a recovery: 'The monotony of being in the cave - gym, stretcher, work-out machines, etc. - is hard and now that I'm out on the pitch my mood has changed a lot to take steps forward and that the recovery is going so positively.'

It is actually inevitable to formulate hypotheses: 'There are players with great passing skills in the team but Viera is a specialist and I told him that I would've liked to meet this season to take advantage of his game awareness,' he said on UDA Radio.

Luís Suárez feels very strong emotionally and has challenges ahead: 'I'm working to return to Colombia and it was one of the reasons why I came to Almería, to have the necessary regular starts to attract the attention of the national coach. I truly hope to work better and find my best level to return to the national team.'