Luis Suarez confident Uruguay can keep France's Kylian Mbappe at bay

Sport360 staff 07:22 04/07/2018
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  • Luis Suarez is confident Uruguay can keep France’s young striker Kylian Mbappe quiet when they meet Didier Deschamps’ team in the World Cup quarter-final clash later this week.

    The Barcelona forward has shown trust in Uruguay’s defence, that has conceded just one goal in the tournament so far.

    “Everybody knows he’s (Mbappe) a really good player, but I think we have a really good defence to control him,” Suarez said, while addressing the media at Uruguay’s training camp near Nizhny Novgorod.

    19-year old Mbappe was clearly the star of the show as France secured a 4-3 win over Lionel Messi‘s Argentina in the last-16.

    The PSG star not only scored a brace, but earned one penalty as well – as his pace proved too much for the Argentine defence.

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    Suarez though believes – there is not only Mbappe to take care of, there is the threat of Antoine Griezmann as well.

    Suarez though denied claims pointing towards Griezmann being half-Uruguayan because he plays with Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez at Atletico Madrid, drinks mate tea and even turned up at the airport wearing a Uruguay shirt to greet his teammates when they qualified for Russia.

    “Antoine, no matter how much he says that he’s half-Uruguayan is French and does not know what the Uruguayan feeling is,” the former Liverpool striker said.

    “He does not know the dedication and effort that Uruguayans make from boys to be able to succeed in football with so few people.”

    Meanwhile, Suarez also revealed that the team would have to “wait and see” if his partner-in-crime Edinson Cavani, who sustained a calf muscle injury in Uruguay’s 2-1 win over Portugal last-16, will be fit to play on Friday.

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