The coach of the soccer team Uruguay, Marcelo Bielsadiscarded the historical scorers of the “Celeste” Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani in its call for the first two dates of the playoffs South American World Cup 2026.
The Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) released this Monday the list of those chosen by the Argentine DT to face Chilion Friday 8 in Montevideoalready EcuadorTuesday 12 in Quito.
They do not appear on the payroll suarez (GuildBRA), nor cavani (Mouth, ARG), both 36 years old, and top scorers for the Uruguayan team, with 68 and 58 goals, respectively. The two stars represented Uruguay in the World Cups of South Africa-2010, Brazil-2014, Russia-2018 and Qatar-2022.
Neither are two other veterans of the Uruguayan team: the goalkeeper Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray, TUR), 37, injured, and the defender Sebastian Coates (Sporting, POR), 32 years old, by technical decision.
Among those summoned, the return of Nahitan Nandez (Cagliari, ITA), denounced in December 2021 for domestic violence by his ex-partner and mother of his two children, in a case that was finally filed after an agreement between the parties. nandez He was not in the Uruguayan squad in Qatar 2022.
The rosarino coach’s bet on new faces, who took over in May at the helm of “Celeste”, includes players who tried out the friendlies that Celeste won in June against Nicaragua and Cuba. Among them are the three archers, Sergio Rochet, Frank Israel and santiago meleas well as Maximilian Araujo and Cristian Olivera.
This month starts the playoffs of South America for the world Cup of United States Mexico and Canada in 2026in which the conmebol It has six direct quotas and one play-off.
The list of the 25 players from Uruguay:
Archers: Sergio Rochet (Inter Porto Alegre, BRA), Frank Israel (Sporting, POR), santiago mele (Atletico Junior, COL).
Defenses: santiago good (Girona, SPA), Bruno Mendez (Corinthians, BRA), sebastian caceres (America, MEX), Jose Luis Rodriguez (Vasco da Gama, BRA), Mathias Olivera (Naples, ITA), Joaquin Piquerez (Palmeiras, BRA), Matias Vina (Sassuolo, ITA), Lucas Olaza (Krasnodar, RUS), Nahitan Nandez (Cagliari, IT).
Flyers: Felipe Caraballo (Guild, BRA), Emiliano Martinez (Midtjylland, DEN), Manuel Ugarte (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA), Maximilian Araujo (Toluca, MEX), Augustine Canobbio (Athletic Paranaense, BRA), facundo torres (Orlando City, USA), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid, ESP), Facundo Pellistri (Manchester United, ENG), Nicholas De La Cruz (River Plate, ARG).
Forwards: brian rodriguez (America, MEX), Maximilian Gomez (Cadiz, SPA), Darwin Nunez (Liverpool, ENG), Cristian Olivera (Los Angeles FC, USA).
The post that Luis Suárez dedicated to Bielsa on social networks:
The experienced striker and figure scored a goal for Porto Alegre Guild the weekend and displayed his name at the celebration. She then uploaded the photo to social media with a defiant message: “Suarez 9, respect”he wrote, qualifying with an emoji of a smiling and mocking face, sticking out his tongue.
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