South Americans in Europe: Luis Suárez seals the victory of Granada and Estupiñán marks a bit bittersweet

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Luis J. Suárez (Colombia) and Darwin Machís (Venezuela): The 'coffee maker' attacker Luis Javier Suárez came on the bench to certify Granada's victory over Alaves (3-2).

After a goalless first half in Mendizorrosa, the 'cafetero' made his appearance as a revulsive (62) when Alaves took the baton after taking a 2-1 lead in just five minutes thanks to the goals of Argentinian Gonzalo Escalante and Spaniard Manuel Vallejo.

Suarez, a regular starter, came in with fresh legs helping to open space for Antonio Puertas to put the 2-2 tables with a quarter of an hour to play.

Already in the last minutes (87), the Colombian, in combination with Venezuelan Darwin Machís, converted the goal that secured the three points for the visiting team.

Three minutes after entering the court (84), Machís served a painted pass to the area for Luis Suarez to define with a point-blank shot leaving the rival goalkeeper without options.

Suarez ended a seven-game drought without seeing a door to reach seven goals and three assists so far this season.

For his part, Darwin Machís, who reached 120 matches played in the league, scored his second goal pass in the campaign.

The victory was a respite for the Andalusian team after a run of 10 matches without knowing the victory, placing it in 16th position in the table with 28 points and a four-unit advantage over the relegation.

Oscar Estupiñán (Colombia): The 'coffee' attacker from Vitoria de Guimaraes once again left a spark of quality by scoring his 12th goal in the Portuguese league.

However, he could not celebrate in style after Sporting Lisbon came back to take the win (3-1).

The Caleño opened the scoring before the first half hour of the match (23) of a low shot after catching a rebound in the area.

Estupiñán, who thus reached 25 goals in 75 matches with the 'conquistadores' shirt, stayed 81 minutes on the pitch before being replaced by Brazilian Bruno Duarte.

On the part of the Lisbon team, Uruguayans Sebastián Coates and Manuel Ugarte were starters, as well as the Brazilian Matheus Reis.

Vitoria de Guimaraes won 36 points in sixth place in the table.

Meanwhile, Sporting reached 67 units, placing only three points behind the leader, Porto (70).

André Silva (Brazil): The 24-year-old attacker recorded his first 'double' of the season for Arouca to rescue one point from the draw against Tondela (2-2) in the Portuguese league.

Silva 'got up early' for the local team (4) opening the score of a header to a long cross by Portuguese Tiago Esgaio.

Already in the second half (69), and after Tondela turned the score around, Silva made the final 2-2, this time with a left-handed crossed from the edge of the box.

Silva, who had not scored since the end of January, scored six goals and three assists in 24 matches in the Portuguese league.

The Brazilian, fixed on Armando Evangelista's scheme, completed the 90 minutes on the pitch.

His compatriots Joao Basso and Victor Braga also started, while Argentina's Alan Ruiz and Brazilians Antony and Thales entered the second half.

The draw allowed Arouca to take a break by reaching 23 units, placing it 15th in the table, with one point ahead of the relegation.

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