Luis Suarez Announces Retirement From International Football, Unable to Score In Farewell Match for Uruguay

In a game marked by a significant 65% possession for Uruguay, the team struggled to break down a resilient Paraguay defense, leading to a disjointed match filled with a total of 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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