It is not uncommon for footballers to have difficulty moving after their career ends, and to have to drink analgesics in order not to feel pain. Some even while they are still on the field. Such is the case with Luis Suarez.In his later years, the Uruguayan veteran scored 15 goals and 11 assists for Gremio only in the Brazilian Serie A. He was among the top scorers in the farewell match in front of the home fans. It was his 555th career goal. Information is circulating that he could join Lionel Messi, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba at Inter Miami, although the question is whether the body can withstand the effort.🇺🇾💔 Luis Suárez: “Days before each game I take three pills, and hours before playing I get an injection. If not, I can’t play. Hence the limp.” “I have to think that in maybe five years I won’t be able to play 5-a-side football with my friends.” “The truth is that the first… pic.twitter.com/TM0OUW8oFk— PurelyFootball ℗ (@PurelyFootball) December 6, 2023 Because El Pistolero can’t run on the field without medication and injections.”The night before the match, I take three pills, and before the match I receive an injection of Voltaren. If I don’t do that, I can’t play,” Luis Suarez said on 890 Sport radio and continued:”My cartilage has worn out, bone is rubbing bone down there. There is no fluid, sometimes I can’t move it (my leg a/n). It gets stuck, I can’t bend it”.##NAJAVA_MECA_7721842##Luis Suarez has been struggling with his knee for three years, ever since the operation during his stay in Barcelona.”I feel tension on the outside of my knee, it’s left over from the surgery in 2020 when I was in Barcelona. In the last phase of recovery, the pandemic came and I had to do the exercises alone, I couldn’t finish stretching my knees”.El Pistolero admitted that everything is difficult for him because of the pain in his knee.”It’s even hard to play backyard football with my son,” Luis Suarez lamented.
