Breaking news resonated in Boca Juniors and Uruguay. Miguel Merentiel was preselected by Marcelo Bielsa facing the final list of the team for the Copa América. It must be remembered that a few days ago, Edinson Cavani announced his official retirement from La Celeste.
The summons of The beast It occurs in the midst of the great present that the forward is going through in Diego Martínez’s team. So far this semester, Merentiel scored 11 goals with the blue and gold shirt, in addition to being one of the footballers with the best performances in different tournaments, such as the League Cup, the Professional League or the Copa Sudamericana. The news of the attacker’s summons was notified by Diego Monroig, of ESPNand several of the journalists who cover daily life in Boca.
In this way, Bielsa ensures that he preselects the Xeneize attacker for what will be the final formation of the roster of 26 players that he will choose for the beginning of the tournament to be played from June 20 to July 14 in the United States. The call came at the same moment that the Argentine coach announced to the players who will participate in the only friendly match that the Celeste will play before the Copa América.
As players from abroad joined the training sessions at the AUF Complex, El Loco confirmed the 18 who will travel to Denver to face Mexico on Wednesday the 6th at the Empower Field at Mile High stadium. They are: Sergio Rochet, Santiago Mele, Sebastián Cáceres, José María Giménez, Lucas Olaza, Mathías Olivera, Nahitan Nández, Manuel Ugarte, César Araújo, Rodrigo Bentancur, Facundo Pellistri, Maximiliano Araújo, Brian Rodríguez, Facundo Torres, Luciano Rodríguez and Darwin Núñez.
It should be mentioned that among those summoned, the absence of Ronald Araujo. The Barcelona defender only arrived in Uruguay this Sunday and joined the practices. The others who are not scheduled for the duel against the Aztec team in the US are Brian Ocampo, Emiliano Martínez, Nicolás Marichal and goalkeeper Randall Rodríguez.
Cavani’s resignation generated an impact in Uruguaysince it was the farewell to the Celeste of one of the top scorers in the history of the national team and a key piece of a team that marked an era with the title in the 2011 Copa América that was played in Argentina and the 4th place that won by the then team led by Maestro Tabárez in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
“They were undoubtedly many beautiful years, I would have a thousand things to say, tell and remember, but today I want to dedicate myself to this new stage of my career and give everything where I have to be”He mentioned, among other words, the attacker who played his last competition with the Uruguayan national team in the 2022 Qatar World Cup, his fourth participation in the highest national team competition organized by FIFA.
The native of Salto, and educated in Danubio, played in the 2007 South American Championship and competed in the Under 20 World Cup in the category. The following year, he had his debut with the Major and he did not leave the call again. He participated in four World Cups: South Africa 2010 (fourth place), Brazil 2014 (round of 16), Russia 2018 (quarterfinals), in which he was Uruguay’s top scorer with 3 goals, and Qatar 2022 (group stage).
Cavani’s decision to no longer play with his country’s shirt was added to the announcement of another footballer who participated in the process of recent decades in the national team as Matias Vecino. The San Jacinto midfielder, who currently plays for Lazio, also left the national team after playing in two World Cups and three America’s Cups.
Uruguay’s schedule in the Copa América. After the premiere on Sunday the 23rd at the Hard Rock Stadium from Miami against Panama, the Uruguayan team will leave on June 24 for East Rutherford, in New Jersey, where it will face Bolivia in the Metlife Stadium (Thursday the 27th). The next day they will fly to Kansas City, where the Celeste will play the last game of Group C against the United States in the Arrowhead Stadium (Monday July 1).
