Luis Suarez will cause England problems says Mourinho
By Mike Dyce
Heading into the 2014 World Cup, Group D alongside Group G could be labeled the toughest group in the tournament. The group contained heavyweight teams like Uruguay, Italy and England, between them they have seven of the 19 World Cup trophies ever won.
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In the opening game, Uruguay was shocked by Costa Rica and England lost a tough game to Italy.
The two come into their match up facing a must win situation, and the English know all to well how dangerous of a striker Luis Suarez, who plays for Liverpool and led the Barclay’s Premier League in goals last season, can be. Suarez is roughly a month removed from a knee operation and didn’t play against Costa Rica, because of the loss he doesn’t have the luxury of sitting out and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says Suarez will cause the English team some problems.
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“Suarez is a very important player for Uruguay. Uruguay had a very unexpected result in the first match, they are, as England, one defeat and goodbye. Suarez is coming back from injury and for sure, he feels his country deeply, the South American that plays in Europe, that lives in Europe. Eleven months in a year, they go back they want to be, they want to be magic to their team and when Suarez plays together with Cavani, the mobility, the understanding, the aggressiveness, the intensity is high and for sure it is going to create problems to the English side,” Mourinho, who is serving as Yahoo’s Global Football Ambassador, said.
“Obviously, they know them very well, especially Suarez because he plays in this country, they know everything about him. They know his amazing qualities as a player. They know also that he can find a penalty where nobody else finds, but really I think Suarez is going to create problems for England. It’s a big match, that I wait a lot for this match because this is like a knock-out game, the one that loses is out. So, two good teams and big expectation really.”
Jose Mourinho is an exclusive analyst for Yahoo’s worldwide football coverage and www.yahoo.co.uk/worldcup is the only place to read all his expert opinions during the FIFA World Cup 2014.