Former villain Suarez is now Uruguay's elder statesman


FILE PHOTO: World Cup - Round of 16 - Uruguay vs Portugal - Fisht Stadium, Sochi, Russia - June 30, 2018 Uruguay's Luis Suarez celebrates after the match. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - It was mid-2006 when scouts for Dutch club Groningen travelled to Uruguay to check out a promising young striker called Elias Figueroa.

Instead, they witnessed another teenage forward play like a man possessed and score a wonder goal. Groningen signed him up on an impulse and flew him to Europe. The name? Luis Suarez.

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