In the early morning of April 9, Beijing time, in the final of the 2023 Brazilian Gaucho Championship, Gremio completed a 1-0 victory at home, defeated Cassias 2-1 on aggregate, and successfully won the championship, the team won the second championship of the season, Uruguayan superstar Suarez took all 4 goals of the team's 2 championships, and the 60,000 Gremio fans on the scene boiled.
The new season kicks off next weekend, with Gremio having already played more than a dozen Gaucho tournaments, with the semi-finals knocking out their opponents on penalties against Cassias, and the two teams drew 1-1 in the first leg of the final, so whoever wins in the second leg wins.
Both teams failed to score in the first half, and in the 65th minute of the second half, Suarez fell to the ground in the box, the referee awarded a penalty, and then the Uruguayan striker hit the penalty to help Gremio take a 1-0 lead, and the 60,000 Gremio fans at the scene instantly rejoiced, and teammates hugged Suarez to celebrate wildly.
In second-half stoppage time, Suarez assisted his teammate to score, because the handball was ruled invalid, and finally Gremio won 1-0, beating Cassias 2-1 on aggregate to win the title, which is also the team's second trophy this season, the first is the Brazilian Super Cup at the beginning of the season, winning 2 consecutive titles in just 81 days, and 4 goals were scored by Suarez.
On January 18, Gremio beat San Luis 4-1 to win his first title of 2023, and Suarez made his debut to score a hat-trick and now scored the only goal in the final of the Brazilian Gaucho Championship and helped his team win the title.
According to statistics, since Suarez joined Gremio this season, he has played 15 games for the team in all competitions, scored 12 goals, provided 4 assists, and directly participated in more than 1 goal.
On New Year's Day this year, Suarez signed a two-season contract with Gremio on a free agency, and the club officially praised Suarez as one of the greatest players in Uruguay's history. In addition, Gremio paid Suarez an annual salary of about 3 million euros, which became one of the highest-paid players in the Brazilian league, which of course cannot be compared with Suarez's time with Barca and Atletico.
Next, Suarez will represent Gremio in the Copa do Brasil and the Brazilian league, and last season's team qualified for a return to the Bundesliga and are eager to achieve good results in the new season, so how Suarez performs will be crucial.