The Red's star was hoping for the World Cup, but did not qualify

Certainly, he would not have planned to be already making arrangements to join up with Liverpool and Jürgen Klopp in Dubai, yet that’s the reality, after Uruguay failed to progress beyond the group stages, caught between its old guard and new generation of talent, the perennial South American overachievers failed for once to punch above their weight…

Pipped to second place by South Korea, things could so easily have been different, Núñez looked to have a strong case for a penalty against Ghana with the scores at 2-0, and a single extra goal would ultimately have proved enough to send them through at the expense of South Korea, but for the most part, the Liverpool man was relatively peripheral.

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Many people in Merseyside, where Nunez was getting comfortable before the World Cup break, were shocked to learn that, some Liverpool supporters may have even considered betting on him to win the Golden Boot definitely not speaking from bitter experience here. However, the blank can be reasonably explained in retrospect.

Uruguay, a team that has always placed a strong emphasis on compactness, did not score until their final group match, they finished the competition with just two goals allowed and two goals scored; they intentionally try to create tight margins, but this time such margins worked against them.
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Both literally and figuratively

Discovered himself on the outside, both literally and figuratively, with Edinson Cavani on standby, a certain Luis Suárez was in charge of playing down the middle; it's little solace right now, but perhaps the following World Cup will be the one that Liverpool's number nine truly belongs to and will be able to hold it with his hands up in the air.