Uruguay is already in mode America Cup and before the deadline Marcelo Bielsa announced the players who will try to establish themselves in the United States. The novelty is the appearance of Luis Suárez and the absence of Luciano Rodríguez.
He 37-year-old attacker who plays for Inter Miami with Lionel Msssireturned to the one selected for the double date of Qualifiers against Argentina and Bolivia November 2023. There I Fight He entered the complement in the 3-0 win over Bolivia and he watched the entire duel from the bench in the 2-0 draw against Argentina in La Bombonera.
El Pistolero is a glory for the Celeste. It flaunts the record of top scorer in the history of his national team with 68 goals in 138 games, leaving behind Edinson Cavani (58) and Diego Forlán (36), among others, he is the second footballer with the most games played. He alone surpasses it retired Diego Godínwhich accumulated a total of 161 matches.
Suárez participated in four World Cups (South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022) and will then play his fifth Copa América. He was in the Centenario 2016, Brazil 2019 and Brazil 2021 editions, while in 2011 he won the title.
With resonant surnames like Ronald Araújo, José María Giménez, Federico Valverde, Rodrigo Bentancur, Nicolás De La Cruz and Darwin Núñez, The focus was also on the absence of the young 20-year-old striker Rodríguez.
The actual Liverpool star from Uruguaycould emigrate to Girona of Spain after sounding like a possible reinforcement of River Plate in the previous transfer market.
Marcelo Bielsa’s squad
Archers: Sergio Rochet (Inter Porto Alegre), Santiago Mele (Junior de Barranquilla) and Franco Israel (Sporting Lisbon)
Defenders: Ronald Araújo (FC Barcelona), José María Giménez (Atlético Madrid), Nicolás Marichal (Dinamo Moscow), Matías Viña (Flamengo), Lucas Olaza (Krasnodar of Russia), Mathías Olivera (Napoli), Sebastián Cáceres (America of Mexico ) and Guillermo Varela (Flamengo)
Midfielders: Nahitan Nández (Al-Qadisiyah of Saudi Arabia), Manuel Ugarte (Paris Saint Germain), Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham), Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Emiliano Martínez (Midtjylland of Denmark), Nicolás De La Cruz (Flamengo) and Giorgian From Arrascaeta (Flamengo)
Forwards: Agustín Canobbio (Athletico Paranaense), Brian Rodríguez (América de México), Brian Ocampo (Cádiz de España), Facundo Pellistri (Granada de España), Maximiliano Araújo (Toluca de México), Cristian Olivera (Los Angeles FC), Darwin Núñez (Liverpool of England) and Luis Suárez (Inter Miami).
With information from Infobae
