The player trained at Colo Colo made a remarkable participation in the 5-1 victory against Nantes, allowing Dutchman Thijs Dallinga to score his third goal. With this victory, the national becomes the first Chilean to win the Coupe de France.
What gabriel suazo lives a great present in France, it is something undeniable. The Chilean defender, since his arrival in Gallic lands, He was a key player and an irremovable player for Toulouse.
And this Saturday the left-back formed in Colo Colo confirmed these antecedents: in the Grand Final of the Coupe de France against Nantes, the Chilean distinguished himself in the 23rd minute of play by giving a nice assist to striker Thijs Dallinga sending a through pass to the Dutch shot-stopper, who then finished comfortably before goalkeeper Alban Lafont left, scoring the one third of the violets .
At that time, those led by Philippe Montanier dazzled on the ground of the mythical French stadium taking an early and surprising 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Logan Coast a defender who scored with a header at 4′ and 10′.
Later, his dallinga took advantage of a rebound given by the Nantes goalkeeper to score the fourth digit at minute 31 So much so that he brought Toulouse, and incidentally Gabriel Suazo, closer to glory.
In the graft, Los Canarios went out to seek the goal of honor: the pressure of the yellows, added to the relaxation of the purples, left the quarter of an hour of the end (75 ‘) Ludovic Blas will score 4-1 from the penalty spot .
But Toulouse was not for surprises, and thus clarified at minute 79 when Moroccan Zakaria Aboukhlal -after a free kick- scored the fifth lapidary goal and the final 5-1, giving Toulouse their first Coupe de France and also the first trophy for Gabriel Suazo with only 17 appearances in the Gallic draw, since arriving in Europe in January .
In this way, the Chilean player became the first national footballer to win this competition . Before him, Mauricio Isla (Olympique de Marseille) and Guillermo Maripán (Monaco) were finalists .
Similarly, Suazo joined the small group of Creole champions in France, after Ignacio Prieto and Alberto Fouillioux they won Ligue 2 with Lille in 1974, Paul Contreras won Ligue 1 in 1999-2000 and the 2000 Super Cup with Monaco, and Marco Estrada achieved the 2011-2012 championship with Montpellier.
Check out Gabriel Suazo’s assistance below:
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