Grêmio starts surfing the Luis Suárez wave

A wave of optimism, enthusiasm and a lot of gremism. This is the spirit of the tricolor fan at the beginning of 2023. The team’s debut this Tuesday, with the 4-1 victory over São Luiz, from Ijuí, and the consequent conquest of the Recopa Gaúcha, only increased the euphoria that takes care of those who pass by the CT Luiz Carvalho and the Arena. And the “culprit” of all this is Luis Suárez, scorer of three goals right on his debut with the tricolor shirt.

And the club is already reaping the fruits of this wave of good things that the arrival of the Uruguayan striker generates for Grêmio’s coffers and image. Last Saturday, management reported having surpassed the mark of 70,000 active members, boosted by the arrival of Luisito. In just two weeks after the announcement of the Uruguayan, there were around 10,000 new members.

Another brand that proves Suárez fever among the fans is the sale of shirts. The fan who goes to the official stores of the club’s products cannot find the number 9 to put on the back of the tricolor mantle. The Celeste jersey, launched last year even before the possibility of the attacker’s arrival, is also sold out and a new shipment has already been ordered from the sporting goods supplier.

The debut in the Campeonato Gaúcho, Saturday, against Caxias, in the Centenário, made the management of the Grená club modify the ticket sales logistics and considerably increase the number of entries for the Gremista fans to see their new idol up close. Of the 17,000 tickets offered for sale, around 7,000 should be made available to Gremistas.

This Wednesday, the president of Caxias, Necco Argenta, confirmed that in a conversation with Alberto Guerra, the Grêmio representative said that the Capital team will go up to Serra with the complete group, which makes the duel even more attractive to fans at the Centenary .

The day after Luisito’s hat-trick at the Arena had worldwide repercussions in the main newspapers around the world. Marca, from Spain, for example, compared Suárez to old rockers. “The old rockers never die, and the scorers are eternal and never tire of scoring goals, whether in Holland, England, Spain, Uruguay or Brazil. This is Luis Suárez”.

As, another Spanish newspaper, where Suárez played for two seasons defending Atlético de Madrid, wrote that ‘Brazil surrendered to the Uruguayan with a galactic performance’. “Meteorical debut of ‘Pistoleiro’ by Grêmio”, he added.

The newspaper L’Équipe, from France, stated that the story between Suárez and Grêmio seems like the beginning of a romance. The Mirror, from England, highlighted during the text that Suárez scored three goals in a game again after almost ten years – it was in Liverpool’s 5-1 defeat of Norwich, in December 2013, when he scored four in a game. just game.

The Daily Mail, also from England, wrote that Luisito ‘lived a dream debut’ for Grêmio. “A brilliant start to life in Brazil after leaving the childhood club (Nacional) for the second time”, reads the beginning of the text. And Olé, from Argentina, said that ‘Suárez will try to help Grêmio recover the lost prominence in the Country’, remembering that the team from Rio Grande do Sul is back from the second division.

Wednesday was for post-game training and physical reconditioning for those who went to the field and collectively for those who didn’t play. Suárez went viral on social networks with photos of him and his family shopping at a market in the Capital. This Thursday, the complete group reappears and starts preparing for the match with Caxias.