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Porto Alegre (Brazil): Luis Suarez continued his prolific scoring form as Gremio won Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state championship with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Caxias do Sul.
The former Liverpool and Barcelona striker converted a second-half penalty to fire the hosts to a 1-0 victory in Saturday's second leg of the final at Arena do Gremio in Porto Alegre. The sides drew 1-1 in the first leg last Saturday.
"The most important thing is how we're working together as a team," Suarez said after the match. "We've started the year the best way possible and won the title that everybody at the club wanted."
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]Suarez has now scored eight times and provided three assists in 14 appearances for Gremio since joining the club on a free transfer in January, a Xinhua report said.
The 36-year-old said Gremio's focus would now turn to the Brazilian Serie A championship. The Porto Alegre outfit will begin their campaign with a home match against Santos on April 16.
"We've won this important title but now we have to start from scratch," he said. "I've been very lucky to have won a lot of things in my career, but I still want more."