Luis Suarez was held scoreless in his international farewell as Uruguay played out a 0-0 home draw with Paraguay on the second day of matchday seven of CONMEBOL qualifying for FIFA World Cup 26.

The legendary forward was hoping to add to his career total of 69 goals with the national team, but a strong Paraguayan defence made sure there would be no festive atmosphere in the Uruguayan capital.

In new head coach Gustavo Alfaro’s debut, Paraguay spoiled Suarez’s farewell by earning a scoreless draw at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. Uruguay still sit comfortably in second place in the table with 14 points through seven matches, while Paraguay are seventh with six points.

Suarez was keen to make this a finale to remember and nearly pulled off a spectacular scissor-kick in the 18th minute, only for the ball to thump the post.

Otherwise, it was a very physical match with the lone Paraguayan chance in the first 45 minutes coming from Miguel Almiron, who was denied by Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet.

The deadlock persisted into the second half, with the post once again coming to the fore when Paraguay’s Diego Gomez launched an effort that hit the woodwork shortly before the hour mark.

Paraguay were growing into the game and Uruguay was spared when Julio Enciso narrowly missed the target midway through the half. In the end, the teams would share the spoils, thus completing Suarez’s stellar international career.