Uruguay 23-man squad for the World Cup 2018
Uruguay have named their
final 23-man squad for the World Cup, which includes star strikers Luis Suarez
and Edinson Cavani.
The forwards are joined
by rising young players including Juventus' Rodrigo Bentancur, Sampdoria
midfielder Lucas Torreira and Celta Vigo's Maximiliano Gomez.
Goalkeeper Fernando
Muslera and defenders Martin Caceres and Diego Godin are experienced options
included by national coach Oscar Tabarez.
In total, 11 of the
players were in the squad for the 2014 finals in Brazil, while seven were
involved eight years ago in South Africa, when Uruguay reached the semi-finals.
Former Manchester United
full-back Guillermo Varela, now of Penarol, has also been included, as has
Girona forward Cristhian Stuani. However, Federico Valverde, Gaston Ramirez and
Nicolas Lodeiro all miss out.
Uruguay face Uzbekistan
in a friendly match next Friday before they begin their World Cup campaign
against Egypt on June 15.
They then face Saudi
Arabia and host nation Russia in their remaining Group A matches.
Uruguay's final 23-man
World Cup squad:
Martin Campana
(Independiente); Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray); Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama);
Martin Caceres (Lazio), Sebastian Coates (Sporting CP), Jose Maria Gimenez
(Atletico Madrid), Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Maximiliano Pereira (Porto),
Gaston Silva (Independiente), Guillermo Varela (Penarol); Giorgian De
Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro), Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus), Diego Laxalt (Genoa),
Nahitan Nandez (Boca Juniors), Cristian Rodriguez (Penarol), Carlos Sanchez
(Monterrey), Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria), Matias Vecino (Inter); Edinson Cavani
(Paris Saint-Germain), Maximiliano Gomez (Celta Vigo), Luis Suarez (Barcelona),
Cristhian Stuani (Girona), Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Monterrey)
