Uruguay reveals its cards to face the Colombian National Team

The Colombian National Team will receive Uruguay on November 13 at the Metropolitan Stadium of Barranquilla, for the third day of the Qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The Uruguayan team arrives with its stars to surprise the coffee growers’ home.

Edinson Cavani and José María Giménez, those who were not in the first games of the South American qualifiers will reinforce Uruguay. The Manchester United striker in England and the Atlético de Madrid defender are part of the final list presented this Friday by Óscar Washington Tabárez, in which the presence of the scorer also stands out. Luis Suarez.

In addition, Darwin Núñez, with a great presence at the Portuguese Benfica, will once again say present, as will Agustín Oliveros, from Nacional, who will be the only player in the squad who plays at the local level.

The celestial has only been able to beat Colombia once in her last five visits by qualifying rounds, she equaled another and lost three -twice by a landslide-. Four days later, the Tabárez team will host Brazil, a team they have not beaten at home since July 1, 2001. In fact, in the last five qualifiers, Celeste and Verdeamarelha met four times in Montevideo and in the last two the visitors thrashed 0-4 and 1-4.

On October 23, the Uruguayan coach offered the list of reserved players from abroad for the next two games, corresponding to the third and fourth dates of the World Cup qualifiers.

Of this, those who finally will not be are the midfielder Giorgian de Arrascaeta, from Flamengo of Brazil, and the striker Cristhian Stuani, from Spanish Girona. On the payroll, the big news were the return of striker Cavani, after his signing for Manchester United, and Giménez, after overcoming covid-19.

They, along with their colleagues from the different leagues in the world, will travel directly to Colombia, a country they will arrive on Monday 9, while the coaching staff, headed Tabárez, and Oliveros They will do it this Sunday from Uruguay.

Uruguay will conduct training sessions in Barranquilla, the city that will host the match on the 13th. After the crash, the expedition will travel to Montevideo, where from Saturday it will continue with its work at the Celeste Complex until the dispute of the meeting with Brazil at the Centenario Stadium. After the first two dates, those led by Tabárez are sixth, with three points out of six possible.

Complete list of summoned:

Goalkeepers: Rodrigo Muñoz (Cerro Porteño-PAR), Martín Silva (Libertad-PAR) and Martín Campaña (Al Batin-KSA). Defenders: Diego Godín (Cagliari-ITA), José María Giménez (Atlético de Madrid-ESP), Sebastián Coates (Sporting Lisboa-POR), Martín Cáceres (Fiorentina-ITA), Damián Suárez (Getafe-ESP), Agustín Oliveros (National ) and Matías Viña (Palmeiras-BRA). Midfielders: Nahitan Nández (Cagliari-ITA), Lucas Torreira (Atlético de Madrid-ESP), Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus-ITA), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid-ESP), Mauro Arambarri (Getafe-ESP) and Nicolás de la Cruz ( River Plate-ARG). Forwards: Brian Rodríguez (Los Angeles-USA), Jonathan Rodríguez (Cruz Azul-MEX), Maximiliano Gómez (Valencia-ESP), Luis Súarez (Atlético de Madrid-ESP), Cristhian Stuani, Darwin Núñez (Benfica-POR), Diego Rossi (Los Angeles-USA) and Edinson Cavani (Manchester United-GBR).

For his part, Carlos Queiroz, helmsman of The Colombian National Team will reveal the names of those called up to face the Charruas in Barranquilla and assured that, to avoid last minute changes like the previous date, he will take his time and wait for the arrival of the coffee growers to reveal who will play.

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