În vârstă de 40 de ani, Diego Forlan a decis că a sosit momentul pentru a-și pune ghete în cui. Nu înainte de a juca într-un ”meci de adio” la Montevideo, la care au luat parte nume importante din fotbalul sud-american, dar și jucătorul de golf Sergio Garcia.
„Acești 21 de ani de carieră profesionistă au fost mai mult decât mi-aș fi imaginat. Să fiu aici, să-mi iau adio alături de familie, pe stadionul unde am trăit atâtea e o mare emoție”, a declarat, emoționat, Forlan.
Ovaționat la scenă deschisă, Forlan a făcut show pe teren alături de ceilalți fotbaliști, dintre care s-au distins argentinianul Riquelme și vedeta actuală a naționalei Uruguayului, Luis Suarez.
Atacantul de la FC Barcelona și-a demonstrat în repriza secundă și calitățile de portar, ”Canibalul” reușind câteva intervenții spectaculoase.
La capătul unui joc la care publicul a ”intervenit” zgomotos la fiecare fază, cele două echipe au terminat nedecis, scor 6-6.
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Au evoluat echipele: Uruguay: Juan Castillo, Jorge Fucile, Diego Lugano, Andrés Scotti, Álvaro Pereira, Diego Pérez, Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Nicolás Lodeiro, Forlán, Luis Suárez, Sebastián Abreu. Antrenor: Oscar Tabarez
Prietenii lui Diego: Fabián Carini, Andrés Fleurquin, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Joe Bizera, Mariano Pernia, Maximiliano Rodríguez, Antonio Pacheco, Juan Sebastián Verón, Andrés D Alessandro, Diego Milito, Juan Roman Riquelme și Sergio García. Antrenori: Pablo Forlán și Víctor Púa.
Meciul s-a terminat 6-6, iar Suarez a jucat repriza secundă în poartă :) Cel mai ovaționat după Forlan a fost argentinianul Riquelme, alături de care Diego a evoluat la Villarreal, cu care au ajuns în sferturile Ligii în 2005-2006.
Declarat cel mai bun fotbalist de la Cupa Mondială 2010, unde Uruguay a terminat pe locul 4, Diego Forlan mai are în palmares Copa America 2011 și două Ghete de Aur ale Europei, în sezoanele 2004-2005 și 2008-2009.
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