Uruguay will land in the United States as one of the great candidates to fight for the crown in the America Cup. As the deadline gets closer, Marcelo Bielsa decided to announce the players who will be at the event in a list of 26 surnames that has as novelties the appearance of Luis Suarez and the absence of Luciano Rodriguez.
The 37-year-old attacker, one of the top scorers in the MLS with 12 goals behind the Colombian Cristian Arango (16) and the Belgian Christian Benteke (13), had returned to the national team charrúa for the double qualifying date against Argentina and Bolivia in November 2023 after spending a year away after the World Cup in Qatar. Over there Fought He entered the second half in the 3-0 win over Bolivia and watched the entire duel from the bench in the 2-0 win over Argentina in the candy box.
We must not fail to mention that the Gunslinger It is a glory for the Sky blue: In addition to being the 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. Suárez is only surpassed by the retired Diego Godín, who accumulated a total of 161 matches.
The native of Salto, who participated in four World Cups (South Africa 2010, Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022), will then compete in his fifth Copa América, a competition that symbolized his only title with the Uruguayan team: Argentina 2011. He was also in the Copa América Centenario 2016, Brazil 2019 and Brazil 2021.
With resonant surnames like Ronald Araújo, José María Giménez, Federico Valverde, Rodrigo Bentancur, Nicholas De La Cruz and Darwin Nunez To name a few cases, the focus was also on the absence of the young 20-year-old forward Rodriguez. Current star of Liverpool in Uruguay, everything indicates that in the coming days he would be acquired by Girona in Spain after sounding like a possible reinforcement for River Plate in the previous transfer market.
The agenda of the Bielsa team indicates that the Uruguayan delegation footballers will prepare in Palm Beach before leaving on Wednesday 6/19 for Miami to get ready for the debut in the Copa América against Panama in Group C, on Sunday 6/23 from 10 p.m. (Hard Rock Stadium in Florida). Later, Uruguay will face Bolivia on Thursday 6/27 (at the stadium MetLife of East Rutherford) and will close their participation in the group stage against the local USA on Monday, July 1 (at the stadium Arrowhead of Kansas).
It is worth mentioning that the CONMEBOL regulations indicate that four days before the start of the Cup you must be in the city of the debut and that the day after each group stage match, you must travel to where the next match will be played.
THOSE CALLED BY BIELSA
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)
