MONTEVIDEO, March 16 (Xinhua) — Veteran strikers Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani have been unnoticed of Uruguay’s squad for friendlies towards Japan and South Korea, the South American nation’s soccer affiliation mentioned on Thursday.
Interim supervisor Marcelo Broli additionally neglected skilled defenders Diego Godin and Jose Maria Gimenez for the matches later this month.
The 23-man squad consists of a number of uncapped gamers, together with goalkeeper Santiago Mele, left-back Joaquin Piquerez, midfielder Felipe Carballo and ahead Matias Arezo.
“I don’t want to go into particular cases, but there are players who don’t need to prove anything else in the national team,” Broli mentioned. “The idea is also to take advantage of these games to provide information for the next coach.”
The Celeste will face Japan in Tokyo on March 24 and South Korea in Seoul 4 days later.
Broli took cost of the Celeste on an interim foundation after Uruguay’s failure to succeed in the knockout stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Uruguay squad:
Goalkeepers: Sergio Rochet, Santiago Mele, Gaston Oliveira
Defenders: Sebastian Coates, Santiago Bueno, Ronald Araujo, Matias Vina, Puma Rodriguez, Mathias Olivera, Joaquin Piquerez, Giovanni Gonzalez
Midfielders: Manuel Ugarte, Matias Vecino, Felipe Carballo, Federico Valverde, Facundo Pellistri, Facundo Torres, Agustin Canobbio, Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Diego Rossi
Strikers: Darwin Nunez, Maximiliano Gomez, Matias Arezo