Luis Suarez Bids Farewell to International Football Without Scoring in Final Uruguay Game

Uruguay's Luis Suarez bid a disappointing farewell to international football on Friday with a 0-0 draw against Paraguay in their South American 2026 World Cup qualifier. The 37-year-old announced his retirement from international duty earlier in the week, bringing an end to his remarkable 17-year career with Uruguay. Suarez, who holds the record as Uruguay's top scorer with 69 goals from 143 appearances, was unable to find the back of the net in his final game at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. Currently playing for Inter Miami in Major League Soccer, the former Barcelona and Liverpool star leaves a legacy that will be hard to match.

Despite enjoying 65% possession, Uruguay were unable to find a way through a dogged Paraguay defence in a disjointed match littered with some 24 fouls.

Suarez, whose career at international and club level was dogged by controversies such as his ban for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the 2014 World Cup, was one of four Uruguay players to be shown a yellow card in a fractious encounter.

The result leaves Uruguay in second place in South America's 10-team round-robin qualifying tournament with 14 points from seven games, four points behind leaders Argentina.

Colombia can leapfrog over Uruguay with a victory over Peru in Lima later Friday.

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The top six teams in the South America standings qualify automatically for the 2026 finals in North America with the seventh-placed team advancing to a playoff.

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